That Guy and I

• Saturday, May 31, 4:00 p.m. Cinema in the German Film Museum
  Tickets only available at the German Film Museum
  
• Aitsu to watashi
  あいつと私
• Japan 1961, 35mm, 105 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  
• Director: Ko NAKAHIRA
• Script: Ichiro IKEDA, Ko NAKAHIRA
• Camera: Yoshihiro YAMAZAKI
• Music: Toshiro MAYUZUMI
• World Sales: Nikkatsu Corporation
• Actors: Yujiro ISHIHARA, Izumi ASHIKAWA, Yukiko TODOROKI, Seiji MIYAGUCHI, Sanae NAKAHARA

As in so many other countries, the 1960s are a time of cultural change and upheaval in Japan. Political protesters take to the streets, social conventions are being questioned, and the youth craves for a new way of life. The film's protagonist Saburo, a student, embodies all these trends. He meets Keiko, who is both attracted and repulsed by his attitude. But there is also a dark family history lurking in the background. NAKAHIRA takes up elements of his earlier films about the new youth culture and skillfully combines them with the genre of family drama.

Kindly supported by the Japan Foundation.