Nobuhiko OBAYASHI 大林宣彦
Seven Weeks
野のなななのか
Nippon Cinema ª
The funeral of doctor Mitsuo Suzuki brings his family back to snowy Sapporo. From there, a family story unfolds that dates back to the Second World War. Nobuhiko OBAYASHI proves that he still masters the techniques of radical formality. Fast editing and rapid dolly shots punctuate a storyline that doesn't sugarcoat topics like Japan's involvement in the Second World War and nuclear energy.
野のなななのか
No no nanananoka
Japan 2014
171 minutes
Director
Nobuhiko OBAYASHI
Script
Nobuhiko OBAYASHI based on a novel by Koji HASEGAWA
Cinematography
Hisaki SANBONGI
Music
Kosuke YAMASHITA
Production
Ashibetsu Movie Production Committee
World sales
PSC
Cast
Toru SHINAGAWA, Takehiro MURATA, Yutaka MATSUSHIGE, Takako TOKIWA, Yumi ADACHI
About Nobuhiko OBAYASHI
大林宣彦
Nobuhiko OBAYASHI was born in Onomichi (Hiroshima Prefecture) in 1938. He directed several experimental films throughout the sixties before making his commercial feature film debut in 1977 with the horror movie HOUSE (NC ’12 and NC ’20), which is now considered a cult classic. SADA won him the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998. In his work, he often dealt with the struggles of life in wartime, as in CASTING BLOSSOMS TO THE SKY (NC ’12), SEVEN WEEKS (NC ’15), and HANAGATAMI (NC ’18). In addition to his cinematic oeuvre, he also shot over 3,000 commercials with international actors and actresses. He passed away on April 10, 2020.