Summer’s End

Summers End
  • ５月２９日（木）, 12:00 noon Mousonturm Saal
  • Natsu no owari
    夏の終り
  • Japan 2013, DCP, 114 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • 監督：熊切和嘉　
  • Script: Takashi UJITA based on a novel by Jakucho SETOUCHI
  • Production: The Klockworx Co., Ltd., VAP, Plandas
  • Camera: Ryuto KONDO
  • Music: Jim O'Rourke
  • World Sales: The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
  • Actors: Hikari MITSUSHIMA, Gou AYANO, Kaoru KOBAYASHI
  • ドイツプレミア上映
  • Nippon Cinema Award

www.natsu-owari.com

This story of a love triangle set in the 1950s is based on an autobiographical novel that was awarded the Women’s Literature Prize in 1963. Not only is the story told in masterfully crafted pictures, but it also features a strong, true-to-life female protagonist, a thing that is rarely seen even in contemporary Japanese cinema.

Director biography
Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI was born in Hokkaido in 1974. He graduated from Osaka University of Arts with his debut feature KICHIKU, which subsequently became an international festival hit. His following films were shown at such prestigious film festivals as Berlin and Rotterdam and have won numerous awards.

Filmography (selection)
1997 Kichiku (Kichiku dai enkai); 2001 Hole in the Sky (Sora no ana); 2004 A Volatile Woman (Kihatsu sei no onna / NC ‘06); 2007 Freesia: Icy Tears; 2008 Non-ko (Nonko 36 sai / NC ’09); 2011 Sketches of Kaitan City (Kaitanshi jokei / NC ’11); 2014 May Man (Watashi no otoko)

 

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