Tamako in Moratorium
- Thursday, May 29, 8:00 p.m. Mousonturm Saal
- Saturday, May 31, 6:00 p.m. Mal Seh’n Kino
- Moratoriamu Tamako
もらとりあむタマ子 - Japan 2013, DCP, 78 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
- Script: Kosuke MUKAI
- Production: MON Entertainment
- Camera: Akiko ASHIZAWA, Yoshihiro IKEUCHI
- World Sales: Bitters End Inc.
- Actors: Atsuko MAEDA, Suon KAN, Yasuko TOMITA, Keiichi SUZUKI, Kumi NAKAMURA
- German premiere
- Nippon Cinema Award
- Supporting movie: Indigo Love (Ai to Ai - Indigo Love) by Judy Sachiko FUKUMOTO
After finishing college, ambitionless Tamako moves in with her father again. When he starts dating a teacher, Tamako makes a small effort to regain her dignity. Laconic minimalism, great timing and two fantastic actors add up to make this a perfect masterpiece.
Director biography
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi in 1976, started his career at legendary Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His debut feature film HAZY LIFE (NC ‘00) won the Off-Theatre Prize at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Many others of his films have been shown at international film festivals. His commercial breakthrough came with the successful comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (NC ‘08).
Filmography (selection)
1999 Hazy Life (Donten seikatsu / NC ’00); 2002 No One’s Ark (Baka no hakobune / NC ’03); 2005 Linda Linda Linda (NC ’08); 2006 The Matsugane Potshot Affair (Matsugane ransha jiken / NC ’07); 2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village (Tennen kokekko / NC ’08); 2011 My Back Page (NC '12); 2012 The Drudgery Train (Kueki ressha / NC '13)