Blue Spring

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Set in a Japanese suburb. Kujo has become leader of a group of students through a dangerous ritual. Kujo is admired by Aoki, with whom he has been friends since early childhood. The bored gang passes the sluggishly flowing time before the final exams with small and bigger vulgarities. While the others have to deal with their future, Kujo increasingly loses orientation and also interest in the group. For the first time on his own, disappointed Aoki triggers a tragedy. TOYODA, who has already made a highly acclaimed film about urban loneliness with PORNOSTAR (NC '00), turns to the suburbs this time. In elegant, atmospheric images, he calmly but mercilessly shows the disintegration of hierarchies and friendships and the violence that results from it.

Sat., April 20 2002, 20:00

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Studierendenhaus

ドイツ初上映

35mm, 英語字幕

Sun., April 21 2002, 12:30

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Studierendenhaus

ドイツ初上映

35mm, 英語字幕




Toshiaki TOYODA 豊田利晃

青い春

Set in a Japanese suburb. Kujo has become leader of a group of students through a dangerous ritual. Kujo is admired by Aoki, with whom he has been friends since early childhood. The bored gang passes the sluggishly flowing time before the final exams with small and bigger vulgarities. While the others have to deal with their future, Kujo increasingly loses orientation and also interest in the group. For the first time on his own, disappointed Aoki triggers a tragedy. TOYODA, who has already made a highly acclaimed film about urban loneliness with PORNOSTAR (NC '00), turns to the suburbs this time. In elegant, atmospheric images, he calmly but mercilessly shows the disintegration of hierarchies and friendships and the violence that results from it.

青い春
Aoi haru

日本 2001

83 分

監督
豊田利晃

脚本
豊田利晃 Taiyo MATSUMOTOの漫画を基に

撮影
Norimichi KASAMATSU

音楽
Kenji UEDA

Toshiaki TOYODA was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1969 and was still a child when he began playing professional Shogi. He began his film career as a scriptwriter for Junji SAKAMOTO. His films have regularly been screened internationally ever since he debuted in 1998 with PORNOSTAR (1998 / NC ’00). Works of his screened at Nippon Connection include BLUE SPRING (2002 / NC ’02), THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH (2009 / NC ’10), I'M FLASH (2012 / NC ’13) and THE MIRACLE OF CRYBABY SHOTTAN (2018 / NC ’19).




Mayu NAKAMURA

Family Album

Miwa seeks redemption from her lonely life in the city by jumping from affair to affair.

米国 2001

15 分

監督
Mayu NAKAMURA