My House
- Thursday, May 29 5:30 p.m. Mousonturm Saal
- Japan 2012, HDcam, 93 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Yukihiko TSUTSUMI
- Script: Norihiko TSUKUDA based on the novels by Kyohei SAKAGUCHI
- Production: MY HOUSE Production Committee
- Camera: Hidetaka FURUICHI
- World Sales: King Records Co., Ltd.
- Actors: Takao ITO, Eri ISHIDA, Itsuji ITAO, Tae KIMURA, Ryo TADAKI
- World premiere in the presence of Yukihiko TSUTSUMI, Takao ITO and the production crew
Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in Nagoya. In contrast, a middle-class family is caught up in pressure and routine. The two threads of the story gradually intertwine, until a tragic escalation occurs. Shot with a black-and-white documentary feel, yet highly stylized, the film analyzes the contradictions and pathologies of modern society.
Director biography
Born in Nagoya in 1955, Yukihiko TSUTSUMI began his career doing commercials and music videos for NTV. After making his feature film debut with SAYONARA NIPPON! in 1995, he has directed a number of successful, big-budget blockbusters while also regularly returning to his roots as an independent film-maker. NIPPON CONNECTION 2014 screens also his tv-documentary KESENNUMA, VOICES. 3.
Filmography (selection)
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