GIFF 2014 - Japan
All japanese films screened on the 37th Gothenburg Int'l Film Festival
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- DirectorAkira IkedaStarsKazutoshi KatoKeisuke NishiyamaShû OnoGawkish Kogure passively allows himself to be cursed by the boss of the paperclip factory where he works as a paperclip bender. One day, he finds a butterfly in his small flat and he allows the insect to fly to freedom. On another day, he finds a trespassing woman speaking strangely in his flat. He lets her stay, just like her father who turns up. In Kogure's imagination, the woman is a transformation of the butterfly and he allows a series of things to happen because of it.
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsMasaki SudaKen MitsuishiYukiko ShinoharaCannes Film Festival winner Shinji Aoyama creates a chilling atmosphere in this adaptation of an award-winning novel. A young man tries to fight the deadly influence of his violent, abusive dad. Will the sins of the father carry on to the next generation in the bloodline?
- DirectorYasuhiro YoshiuraStarsYukiyo FujiiNobuhiko OkamotoShintarô ÔhataA young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
- DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsNao ÔmoriMao DaichiShinobu TerajimaA man in search of joy hires a bondage club to have dominatrices surprise him at random times.
- DirectorYûichi OnumaStarsAoi MorikawaMugi KadowakiMaaya KondôAt an all female high school, a senior of the radio club becomes fascinated with the club's newest member. As graduation nears and the summer heat rises, so does the sexual tension between the girls. (Japanese with English subtitles).
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
- DirectorTetsuichirô TsutaStarsRina TakedaShima ÔnishiMin TanakaAs a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
- DirectorWang Bing50 men live for 12 months in a madhouse, they passing their days in a single plane and having little contact with the medical team. Every one of the inmates is not there for mental health problems but for had killing someone for committing a crime against public officials.chinese language
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsWu JiangBaoqiang WangTao ZhaoFour independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.chinese language