SABU
Chasuke's Journey
天の茶助
Nippon Cinema ª
Chasuke, who serves tea in heaven, is sent to earth to prevent a young woman’s predestined death in a car accident. But this is only the first of several interventions in the fate of other humans, with Chasuke soon finding himself in an adventurous odyssey. Once again, cult director Sabu mixes several genres to tell an inventive story full of surprises.
天の茶助
Japan, France 2015
106 minutes
Production
Office Kitano
World sales
Films Boutique
Cast
Kenichi MATSUYAMA, Ito ONO, Ren OSUGI, Yusuke ISEYA, Susumu TERAJIMA
About SABU
Hiroyuki TANAKA, better known as SABU, was born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1964. His directing debut D.A.N.G.A.N. RUNNER (1996) was shown at various international film festivals. Many awards and regular invitations to the Berlin International Film Festival followed, where he won the FIPRESCI Award in 2000 for MONDAY. Apart from working as a director, SABU is also active as an actor. Nippon Connection has already screened a number of his films, including HAPPINESS (2016 / NC ’17), JAM (2018 / NC ’19), and DANCING MARY (2019 / NC ’20).