Makoto SHINOZAKI 篠崎誠
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Memories can be blocked, but they can also be invented. Psychology professor Eiko works with people who were traumatized by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. But the topic affects her more personally than she wants to admit. Narrative structures begin to intertwine, reality becomes ambiguous. Like a surgeon, SHINOZAKI dissects the human mind in this complex yet moving film.
Japan 2014
120 minutes
Director
Makoto SHINOZAKI
Script
Makoto SHINOZAKI, Zenzo SAKAI
Cinematography
Yuki AKIYAMA
Music
Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA
Production
COMTEG, Office Kitano
World sales
Office Kitano
Cast
Kinuo YAMADA, Asuka HINOI, Ryudai TAKAHASHI, Tomoki KIMURA, Kumi HYODO
About Makoto SHINOZAKI
篠崎誠
Makoto SHINOZAKI was born in Tokyo in 1963 and studied at Rikkyo University, where he also started shooting 8mm films. After that, he worked as a film critic and journalist. In 1995 he gave his feature film debut with OKAERI, which won the Wolfgang Staudte Award at Berlinale. In 2003 he published a book on the history of horror film together with fellow director Kiyoshi KUROSAWA. He is also active as a producer and works as a professor of psychology at Rikkyo University.