Daniel López ダニエル・ロペス
UMUI – Guardians Of Traditions
Nippon Docs ¾
Ryukyu dance and sanshin music are among the most impressive traditions from Okinawa. Director Daniel LÓPEZ, being of Swiss-Spanish origin and living in Okinawa, is fascinated by the way these art forms are still being passed on from one generation to the next. Observing the young and the old, he portraits century-old customs that are threatened to be lost.
Related Events:
Performance: Lion Dance From Okinawa
Guests:
Daniel López, Tomoya OGOSHI
Thu., June 08, 2023, 12:15
NAXOS Cinema
German premiere in presence of the director Daniel López and the producer Tomoya OGOSHI
Original with English subtitles
NOT approved for persons under 18 years
Cityscapes & Countryside Documentary Music
About Daniel López
ダニエル・ロペス
Daniel López was born in Switzerland in 1970 and moved to Okinawa in 2003. In 2010, he graduated from the University of Arts in Okinawa. He then worked as a photographer, publisher and TV presenter. In 2015, he made his first feature-length documentary KATABUI – IN THE HEART OF OKINAWA (NC ’16). UMUI – GUARDIANS OF TRADITIONS (2022 / NC ’23) was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Anthropological-Ethnographic Film at the 2022 Tokyo Documentary Film Festival.
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