Yasutomo CHIKUMA
The Ark In The Mirage
蜃気楼の舟
Nippon Visions ½
A nameless man is part of a group that gives housing to homeless people in order to collect their welfare payments. His indifference ends when he discovers a familiar face from his past among the exploited. Shifting between color and monochrome sequences, the poetic film delves into the protagonist’s mind and deals with the exploitation of the poor and social apathy.
蜃気楼の舟
Shinkiro no fune
Japan 2015
99 minutes
Production
chiyuwfilm
World sales
Uplink
Cast
Taiga KOMIZU, Min TANAKA, Ayako ONO, Tomomitsu ADACHI, Aya TAKEKO
About Yasutomo CHIKUMA
Yasutomo CHIKUMA, born in 1983, started his film career as an actor in 2004, and later asserted himself on the international scene as a director with his debut feature NOW, I… (NC ’08) in 2008. In 2011 he wrote the script for NINIFUNI by Tetsuya MARIKO, which was shown at the Locarno Film Festival.