Leaving on the 15th Spring
- Saturday, May 31, 4:45 p.m. Mousonturm Saal
- Tabidachi no shimauta – Jugo no haru
旅立ちの島唄~十五の春~ - Japan 2012, HDcam, 114 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director & Script: Yasuhiro YOSHIDA
- Production: Amuse, OKINAWA EIZOU CENTER, famima.com, Bitters End, Hikari TV, Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation, OKINAWA TIMES
- Camera: Shinya KIMURA
- Music: Shunsuke KIDA
- World Sales: Bitters End, Inc.
- Actors: Ayaka MIYOSHI, Shinobu OTAKE, Kaoru KOBAYASHI, Saori KOIDE, Ryoko TATEISHI
- German premiere in the presence of the director
On the small island Minami-Daito, school education ends after junior high. Thus, all teenagers leave for secondary education. For Yuna this means much more than simply the next step towards adulthood. In a picturesque setting, this film deals with the clash of tradition and modernity without settling for easy answers.
Director biography
Born in Osaka in 1979, Yasuhiro YOSHIDA entered Namba Creator Factory, where he studied under director Kazuhiro IZUTSU. After several years as an assistant director, he made his debut in 2007 with KITOKITO!. He also successfully works as a script writer (2010 THE HERO SHOW / NC ‘11).
Filmography
1995 Sayonara Nippon!; 2002 Trick (Torikku gekijoban); 2003 2LDK (NC ‘04); 2004 Love Collage (Renai shashin / NC ‘04) 2006 Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku); 2009 20th Century Boys (20-seiki shonen / NC ‘09); 2012 Spec: Heaven (Gekijyohan Spec Ten); 2013 Angel Home (Kuchizuke); 2014 Trick The Movie: Last Stage
Kindly supported by the Okinawa Film Office.
