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Invitation to Okinawa Event and Films
Okinawa is a chain of islands in southwestern Japan blessed with very pleasant climate
throughout the year. With some of the world’s most beautiful beaches and marine
areas, Okinawa is now one of the most popular destinations within Japan. The cultural
exchange with China and Southeast Asian countries has fostered the formation of a
distinct culture on Okinawa. With its splendid natural beauty and its charming culture,
Okinawa is also the setting for numerous movies that have been filmed there.
To honor the second participation in the European Film Market this year as part of the
64th International Film Festival Berlin 2014, Okinawa Prefecture and OCVB Okinawa
Film Office will host an Okinawan event with the cooperation of the Embassy of Japan,
and will also show a series of Okinawan films that were all shot in Okinawa on the
Embassy premises.
Dates:
11 Feb., 2014 (Tue) 6:30 p.m. (Admission: 6:00 p.m.) Okinawa Event
12 Feb., 2014 (Wed) 6:30 p.m. (Admission: 6:00 p.m.) Okinawa Films A
13 Feb., 2014 (Thu) 6:30 p.m. (Admission: 6:00 p.m.) Okinawa Films B
Venue:
Event Hall, Embassy of Japan (Hiroshimastr. 10, 10785 Berlin)
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Okinawa Event (in English)
There will be a presentation on the first "Kinder International Film Festival in Okinawa
(KIFFO)" to be held in March 2014, which is modeled on the Berlinale Category
“Generation”, as well as performances of Okinawan traditional music which have been
used by the renowned director Doris Dorrie and others in movies. You’ll also discover
awamori, an alcoholic drink that is an Okinawan regional specialty, and experience the
sound of traditional folk songs that will touch you like a warm breeze from Japan’s
southernmost island. Experience all the richness of Okinawa’s arts.
Program
6:00 p.m. Admission
6:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks: Takeshi Nakane, Ambassador of Japan
Welcoming remarks: Jinshun Uchima, General Manager OCVB
Presentation: Okinawa Film Office promotion
Presentation by Ms. Takako Miyahira: KIFFO“Forgingchildren’sbondsthroughfilms”
Reception (Awamori tasting)
Kanako Horiuchi performs Okinawan folksongs
Okinawan Films (Japanese with English subtitles)
On two consecutive days there will be screenings of, inter alia, the trailer to the short
film "The Path of KUMIODORI"--which takes traditional Okinawan theatrical
perfomance "Kumiodori" as its topic--as well as the films "Leaving on the 15th Spring"
and "The Coral Rangers," which look at the lives of people on small remote islands. It
will be a good opportunity for you to understand and find what real Okinawa is.
Okinawan Films
12 February, (Wed)
“The Path of KUMIODORI” trailer to the short film: 1 min.
“Indigo Love” short film, duration: 20 min.
“Leaving on the 15th Spring” future film, duration: 114 min.
13 February,(Thu)
“The Path of KUMIODORI” trailer: 1 min.
“Rose Balsam” short film, duration: 11 min.
“The Coral Rangers” future film, duration: 100 min.
RegistrationIf you would like to attend any event, please register by email with
([email protected]) by 9 February, 2014 (Sun). Please write in the subject line,
“Okinawa Event and Films”, state the program you would like to attend (1. Okinawa
Event; 2. Okinawa Films A; 3. Okinawa Films B), and include your name, organization
and e-mail address. You will receive a confirmation email. Please note that the number
of participants is limited and that you will need to present your ID / passport for
admission.
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Leaving on the 15th Spring (Original Title : Tabidachi no Shimauta)
Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshida, 2012/Japan/114min/5.1ch/Digital
Synopsis
Yuna is a 15-year-old girl living on
Minami-Daito island with her father,
Toshiharu, who runs a sugarcane field.
Minami-Daito island is located
approximately 360km east from
Okinawa Island. Since there is no high
school, students have to leave the island
when they graduate from junior high
school. Next spring, Yuna will move to
Naha to enter high school just like others and live with her mother, Akemi. Akemi
accompanied Yuna’s brother and sister when they went on to high school. Even though
they have already finished school, she hasn’t come back and the family lives apart now.
Yuna is worried that her father will be left alone on the island and wishes all of her
family would live together some day.
Yuna is a member of Borodino mu-su-me; they play a sanshin and sing traditional
island songs. According to the island’s custom, girls who leave the island sing “Abayoi”,
the song of farewell and expressing gratitude to their parents.
For her last stage performance Yuna sings “Abayoi” with all her love, loneliness, and
longing for her family and the island.
The Coral Rangers (Original Title : Sango Ranger)
Directed by Yuji Nakamae, 2013/Japan/100min/5.1ch/Digital
Synopsis
Ishigaki Island in Okinawa is a
beautiful island which attracts many
divers and travelers because of its large,
valuable coral reef.
In the summer of 2013 people in Ishigaki
Island face the escalating conflict between
the supporters and the opponents of a
large-scale bridge construction project that
would destroy the beautiful coral reefs.
In the middle of the conflict, Yajima, a ranger for Nature Conservation of the Ministry of
the Environment, is transferred to the Ishigaki branch office. The job of a ranger for Nature
Conservation is planning the construction projects to protect nature. Having a strong sense
of justice, Yajima decides to call himself “Sango Ranger”; the Coral Ranger, and stand up
against the construction project for coral reefs even though planning the construction is his
duty. His decision astonishes the people in the Ishigaki office.