Gakuryu ISHII 石井岳龍
August In The Water
水の中の八月
Nippon Retro ²
The metaphysics ISHII began to explore in ½ MENSCH and THE MASTER OF SHIATSU reach their zenith with AUGUST IN THE WATER, an enigmatic but resonantly beautiful trip of a movie. Petrified humans, magic mushrooms and a rock star from outer space are just a few of the building blocks of this hallucinogenic spectacle. In terms of pace and mood, this is miles removed from ISHII's punk films of the previous decade, but being equal parts soothing and puzzling, it offers the viewer its own unique pleasures.
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August In The Water (NC 2013)
水の中の八月
Mizu no naka no hachigatsu
Japan 1995
117 minutes
Production
"August in the Water" Production Committee
Distribution
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation)
Cast
Shinsuke AOKI, Rena KOMINE, Ko MACHIDA, Masaaki TAKARAI, Reiko MATSUO
About Gakuryu ISHII
石井岳龍
Gakuryu (Sogo) ISHII was born in Fukuoka in 1957. His dystopian punk rock musical BURST CITY (1982) made him one of the precursors of the Japanese cyberpunk movement of the 1980s. Since then he has worked with renowned Japanese actors and international punk bands on numerous short and feature films. NIPPON CONNECTION dedicated a retrospective to his work in 2013.