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.

Sun., June 07, 2015, 17:30

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Original with English subtitles

天の茶助

Japan, France 2015

106 minutes

Director
SABU

Script
SABU

Cinematography
Daisuke SOMA

Music
Junichi MATSUMOTO

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).