The Horses of Fukushima
- 5月27日（火） 8:00 p.m. Naxoshalle Kino
- 5月30日（金） 6:00 p.m. Mal Seh’n Kino
- Matsuri no uma
祭の馬 - Japan 2013, Blu-ray, 74 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- 監督・撮影・編集：松林要樹
- Sound design: Tomoji KUWAKI
- Production: Documentary Japan, Tofoo Films, 3JoMa Film
- World sales: Tofoo Films
- ドイツプレミア上映 監督による舞台挨拶有り
- Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
- Supporting film on May 27: Soliton by Isamu HIRABAYASHI, Japan 2013, 14 Min.
The horses of Fukushima play an important role in an annual festival which honours their contribution to mankind. They almost died in the tsunami, suffered from radiation exposure and were shut away for weeks, nearly starving to death. Yoju MATSUBAYSHI followed them after the catastrophe of 2011.
Director Bio
Yoju MATSUBAYASHI, born in Fukuoka in 1979, graduated in 2004 from Japan Academy of Moving Image with his film DEAR RESPECTFUL HUMANS. In 2011, his first documentary about Fukushima, FUKUSHIMA: MEMORIES OF A LOST LANDSCAPE (NC ’12), was invited to several international film festivals. THE HORSES OF FUKUSHIMA won the “Muhr Asia Africa Documentary Prize” at the Dubai International Film Festival.
Filmography
2004 Dear Respectful Humans (Haikei ningen sama); 2009 Flowers and Troops (Hana to heitai), 2011 Fukushima: Memories of a Lost Landscape (Soma kanka / NC ‘12)