The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed

The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed
  • Saturday, May 31, 2:15 p.m. Naxoshalle Kino
  • Watashitachi ni yurusareta tokubetsu na jikan no owari
    わたしたちに許された特別な時間の終わり
  • Japan 2013, Blu-ray, 151 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director & script: Shingo OTA
  • Production & world sales: Midnight Call Production
  • Camera: Kentaro KISHI, Ryo IIZUKA
  • Music: Ishiko AOBA
  • Collaboration: Sota MASUDA, Kurando TOMINAGA, Shingo OTA, Yuma HIRAIZUMI, Yasuhiro ARITA
  • International premiere in the presence of the director and film crew
  • Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award

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Do some people have a special talent for suicide? Director Shingo OTA takes us on a journey through the life and death of one of his close friends, young musician Sota MASUDA. Much more than just a documentary bio-pic, the film is a very personal and formally elaborated take on topics such as failure and success, love and friendship, memory and guilt.

Director biography
Shingo OTA, born in Nagano in 1985, studied at Waseda University and had his first success as a filmmaker with his film GRADUATION (2009), winning two awards at the Image Forum Festival 2010. He is also a member of Toshiki OKADA’s theater troupe chelfitsch.

Filmography
2010 Boys and Girls (Shonen shojo)

 

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