Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
- Saturday, May 31, 8:00 p.m. Mousonturm Saal
- Sunday, June 1, 8:00 p.m. Mal Seh’n Kino
- Pekorosu no haha ni ai ni iku
ペコロスの母に会いに行く - Japan 2013, Blu-ray, 113 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Azuma MORISAKI
- Script: Tomoaki AKUNE based on a Manga by Yuuichi OKANO
- Production: surouninn, inc.
- Camera: Takeshi HAMADA
- World Sales: GETA Films
- Actors: Ryo IWAMATSU, Harue AKAGI, Kiwako HARADA, Ryo KASE, Naoto TAKENAKA
- German premiere
- Nippon Cinema Award
Meet Yuichi, a divorcee, living with his son and his mother. His bald head makes him look like a small onion. One day, he is forced to face the fact that his mother, who is suffering from dementia, will have to live in a medical care home. A warm-hearted family comedy with serious undertones, this film was one of the favorites of Japanese cinema audiences in 2013.
Director biography
Born in Nagasaki in 1927, Azuma MORISAKI studied law at Kyoto University before working as an assistant director and script writer at Shochiku Studios. In 1969, he made his debut as a director with WOMAN CAN'T BE BEATEN. Having received a number of awards at events like the Tokyo International Film Festival, he is now one of the oldest Japanese directors still active.
Filmography (selection)
1969 Woman Can't Be Beaten (Kigeki: Onna wa dokyo); 1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fuuten no Tora); 1983 Time and Tide (Jidai-ya no nyobo); 1985 The Nuclear Gypsies (Ikiteru uchiga hana nanoyo shin-dara sore madeyo to sengen); 1998 Love Letter (Rabu reta); 2004 Chicken Is Barefoot (Niwatori wa hadashi da)