The Tale of Iya
- Friday, May 30, 10:00 p.m. Naxoshalle Kino
- Iya monogatari - Oku no hito
祖谷物語―おくのひと - Japan 2013, Blu-ray, 169 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Tetsuichiro TSUTA
- Script: Tetsuichiro TSUTA, Kuniya KAWAMURA, Masayuki UEDA
- Production: ”iyamonogatari” Film Partners
- Camera: Yutaka AOKI
- Music: Keita KAWABATA
- World sales: PIA Film Festival
- Actors: Rina TAKEDA, Min TANAKA, Shima ONISHI, Naomi KAWASE, Hitoshi MURAKAMI
- German premiere
- Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
After her mother died in a car accident, Haruna was adopted by an old farmer in a rural mountain village where she grew up, leading a self-sustaining life. As a teenager she looks after him, and it seems time stands still until civilization suddenly breaks into their closed world. This poetic and visually stunning film draws the spectator into the sanctum of nature.
Director biography
Born in 1984, Tetsuichiro TSUTA went to Tokyo to study film at the Polytechnic University. His first 16mm film ISLAND OF DREAMS was a black-white film reminiscent of the cinematic golden age. His second feature THE TALE OF IYA was shown at numerous festivals and won several prizes.