Hiroshi Okuhara

寂れた海沿いのリゾート地──そこで日本人の母親が経営するホテル・アイリスを手伝っているマリは、ある日階上で響き渡る女の悲鳴を聞く。赤いキャミソールのその女は、男の罵声と暴力から逃れようと取り乱している。マリは茫然自失で、ただならぬその状況を静観している。一方で、男の振る舞いに激しく惹かれているもう一人の自分がいて、無意識の中の何かが覚醒していくことにも気づき始めていた。 男は、ロシア文学の翻訳家で、小舟で少し渡った孤島で独りで暮らしているという。住人たちは、彼が過去に起きた殺人事件の真犯人ではないかと、まことしやかに噂した。またマリも、台湾人の父親が不慮の事故死を遂げた過去を持ち、そのオブセッションから立ち直れずにいた。 男とマリの奇妙な巡り合わせは、二人の人生を大きく揺さぶり始める。

寂れた海沿いのリゾート地──そこで日本人の母親が経営するホテル・アイリスを手伝っているマリは、ある日階上で響き渡る女の悲鳴を聞く。赤いキャミソールのその女は、男の罵声と暴力から逃れようと取り乱している。マリは茫然自失で、ただならぬその状況を静観している。一方で、男の振る舞いに激しく惹かれているもう一人の自分がいて、無意識の中の何かが覚醒していくことにも気づき始めていた。 男は、ロシア文学の翻訳家で、小舟で少し渡った孤島で独りで暮らしているという。住人たちは、彼が過去に起きた殺人事件の真犯人ではないかと、まことしやかに噂した。またマリも、台湾人の父親が不慮の事故死を遂げた過去を持ち、そのオブセッションから立ち直れずにいた。 男とマリの奇妙な巡り合わせは、二人の人生を大きく揺さぶり始める。

寂れた海沿いのリゾート地──そこで日本人の母親が経営するホテル・アイリスを手伝っているマリは、ある日階上で響き渡る女の悲鳴を聞く。赤いキャミソールのその女は、男の罵声と暴力から逃れようと取り乱している。マリは茫然自失で、ただならぬその状況を静観している。一方で、男の振る舞いに激しく惹かれているもう一人の自分がいて、無意識の中の何かが覚醒していくことにも気づき始めていた。 男は、ロシア文学の翻訳家で、小舟で少し渡った孤島で独りで暮らしているという。住人たちは、彼が過去に起きた殺人事件の真犯人ではないかと、まことしやかに噂した。またマリも、台湾人の父親が不慮の事故死を遂げた過去を持ち、そのオブセッションから立ち直れずにいた。 男とマリの奇妙な巡り合わせは、二人の人生を大きく揺さぶり始める。

舞台は北京郊外の芸術家村。売れない芸術家チャオピンは、ある画廊で「黒四角」という名の黒一色に塗りつぶされた不思議な絵を目にする。その絵には非常に高額な値がつけられ、そのうえ、「SOLD OUT」となっていることに呆れてしまう。しかし、何故かチャオピンはその絵に心を奪われてしまう。 翌日、チャオピンは空を飛んでいく黒い物体を発見し、それに誘われて、荒野にたどり着いた。厚みの無い黒い物体は荒れ地に降り、ただそこに立っている。すると突然、そこから裸体の男が現れる。その男は自分の名前さえ憶えておらず、どこから来て、どこへ向かうのかも分からないと言う。チャオピンは男に服を貸してやり、家に連れて帰る。そして、男を「黒四角」と名付け、お金を渡し、町へ出て仕事を探すように勧める。 チャオピンは、この男とどこかで出会ったことがあると既視感を覚え、遠い記憶の中に男の面影を探そうとするがうまくいかない。そしてそれは妹のリーホワも同じだった。不確かな過去の記憶と幻想の世界を行き来しながら、男とリーホワは次第に惹かれあっていく。「過去、現在、未来…。僕は君に会ったことがある…」と、男は言う。手を取り合い、北京の胡同を歩く二人。すると突然、二人の前に一人の日本兵が現れたのだった…。 そして物語は60年前、悲惨な戦争に従軍した日本兵と中国人兄妹の儚い愛と友情の記憶へと変転していく。

舞台は北京郊外の芸術家村。売れない芸術家チャオピンは、ある画廊で「黒四角」という名の黒一色に塗りつぶされた不思議な絵を目にする。その絵には非常に高額な値がつけられ、そのうえ、「SOLD OUT」となっていることに呆れてしまう。しかし、何故かチャオピンはその絵に心を奪われてしまう。 翌日、チャオピンは空を飛んでいく黒い物体を発見し、それに誘われて、荒野にたどり着いた。厚みの無い黒い物体は荒れ地に降り、ただそこに立っている。すると突然、そこから裸体の男が現れる。その男は自分の名前さえ憶えておらず、どこから来て、どこへ向かうのかも分からないと言う。チャオピンは男に服を貸してやり、家に連れて帰る。そして、男を「黒四角」と名付け、お金を渡し、町へ出て仕事を探すように勧める。 チャオピンは、この男とどこかで出会ったことがあると既視感を覚え、遠い記憶の中に男の面影を探そうとするがうまくいかない。そしてそれは妹のリーホワも同じだった。不確かな過去の記憶と幻想の世界を行き来しながら、男とリーホワは次第に惹かれあっていく。「過去、現在、未来…。僕は君に会ったことがある…」と、男は言う。手を取り合い、北京の胡同を歩く二人。すると突然、二人の前に一人の日本兵が現れたのだった…。 そして物語は60年前、悲惨な戦争に従軍した日本兵と中国人兄妹の儚い愛と友情の記憶へと変転していく。

舞台は北京郊外の芸術家村。売れない芸術家チャオピンは、ある画廊で「黒四角」という名の黒一色に塗りつぶされた不思議な絵を目にする。その絵には非常に高額な値がつけられ、そのうえ、「SOLD OUT」となっていることに呆れてしまう。しかし、何故かチャオピンはその絵に心を奪われてしまう。 翌日、チャオピンは空を飛んでいく黒い物体を発見し、それに誘われて、荒野にたどり着いた。厚みの無い黒い物体は荒れ地に降り、ただそこに立っている。すると突然、そこから裸体の男が現れる。その男は自分の名前さえ憶えておらず、どこから来て、どこへ向かうのかも分からないと言う。チャオピンは男に服を貸してやり、家に連れて帰る。そして、男を「黒四角」と名付け、お金を渡し、町へ出て仕事を探すように勧める。 チャオピンは、この男とどこかで出会ったことがあると既視感を覚え、遠い記憶の中に男の面影を探そうとするがうまくいかない。そしてそれは妹のリーホワも同じだった。不確かな過去の記憶と幻想の世界を行き来しながら、男とリーホワは次第に惹かれあっていく。「過去、現在、未来…。僕は君に会ったことがある…」と、男は言う。手を取り合い、北京の胡同を歩く二人。すると突然、二人の前に一人の日本兵が現れたのだった…。 そして物語は60年前、悲惨な戦争に従軍した日本兵と中国人兄妹の儚い愛と友情の記憶へと変転していく。

10年ぶりに故郷に帰ってきたア・ジェは、家族にすら忘れ去られていた上に、無実の罪を着せられ処刑されてしまう。しかし、そのア・ジェが再び人々の前に現れ……。過去と現在が複雑に交錯し、物語はやがて不穏な様相を呈していく。

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

Aoi Kuruma (A Blue Automobile) focuses on such a character - a part-time DJ and record-store employee named Richio (Arata). With his spiky yellow hair, wrap-around shades and pale mask of a face, Richio would seem to be an icy moon circling the distant planet of his own regard. But as Okuhara shows us from the first scene, Richio has been traumatized by a boyhood horror - and still bears the physical scars on one eye, the emotional scars in dreams and visions he can neither escape nor explain away. The sunglasses and mask are there for a reason, the pain and rage are real. At the same time, he has a straightforwardness that verges on the cruel - but this is also one of his most appealing qualities.

Aoi Kuruma (A Blue Automobile) focuses on such a character - a part-time DJ and record-store employee named Richio (Arata). With his spiky yellow hair, wrap-around shades and pale mask of a face, Richio would seem to be an icy moon circling the distant planet of his own regard. But as Okuhara shows us from the first scene, Richio has been traumatized by a boyhood horror - and still bears the physical scars on one eye, the emotional scars in dreams and visions he can neither escape nor explain away. The sunglasses and mask are there for a reason, the pain and rage are real. At the same time, he has a straightforwardness that verges on the cruel - but this is also one of his most appealing qualities.

Yuka is staying at hotel Seaside in a Japanese resort. She is alone and bored, so she gets something going with the night porter.

Yuka is staying at hotel Seaside in a Japanese resort. She is alone and bored, so she gets something going with the night porter.

Yuka is staying at hotel Seaside in a Japanese resort. She is alone and bored, so she gets something going with the night porter.

『ピクニック』『砂漠の民カザック』『波』の奥原浩志監督が、スカラシップ作品として撮り上げた劇場デビュー作。ビリヤード場を舞台に、ミュージシャン河本と仲間とも恋人とも呼べそうなチャコの2人と、彼らが慕う中年男性との関わりを描いたドラマ。

『ピクニック』『砂漠の民カザック』『波』の奥原浩志監督が、スカラシップ作品として撮り上げた劇場デビュー作。ビリヤード場を舞台に、ミュージシャン河本と仲間とも恋人とも呼べそうなチャコの2人と、彼らが慕う中年男性との関わりを描いたドラマ。

『ピクニック』『砂漠の民カザック』『波』の奥原浩志監督が、スカラシップ作品として撮り上げた劇場デビュー作。ビリヤード場を舞台に、ミュージシャン河本と仲間とも恋人とも呼べそうなチャコの2人と、彼らが慕う中年男性との関わりを描いたドラマ。

The Cossacks have left their beautiful wife and child behind. Every morning, he goes to work, and at night, when he comes home, he finds his wife and child. The man begins to feel that something is different. He can't sleep, he can't laugh, and he has no answers. One day, a woman chased by a suspicious foreigner runs into the cinema where he works. A few days later, by chance, he meets the woman again and decides to accompany her on her "last dangerous job", without knowing what is going on. During the short journey. The man is convinced that she is the answer to his life... The story could be seen as a dream of a Peter Pan man who wants to be a boy forever, but thanks to the characters and good performances of the lead actors, it is successfully made into a physical reality. The result is a bittersweet, "slightly older" boy meets girl story.

The Cossacks have left their beautiful wife and child behind. Every morning, he goes to work, and at night, when he comes home, he finds his wife and child. The man begins to feel that something is different. He can't sleep, he can't laugh, and he has no answers. One day, a woman chased by a suspicious foreigner runs into the cinema where he works. A few days later, by chance, he meets the woman again and decides to accompany her on her "last dangerous job", without knowing what is going on. During the short journey. The man is convinced that she is the answer to his life... The story could be seen as a dream of a Peter Pan man who wants to be a boy forever, but thanks to the characters and good performances of the lead actors, it is successfully made into a physical reality. The result is a bittersweet, "slightly older" boy meets girl story.

The Cossacks have left their beautiful wife and child behind. Every morning, he goes to work, and at night, when he comes home, he finds his wife and child. The man begins to feel that something is different. He can't sleep, he can't laugh, and he has no answers. One day, a woman chased by a suspicious foreigner runs into the cinema where he works. A few days later, by chance, he meets the woman again and decides to accompany her on her "last dangerous job", without knowing what is going on. During the short journey. The man is convinced that she is the answer to his life... The story could be seen as a dream of a Peter Pan man who wants to be a boy forever, but thanks to the characters and good performances of the lead actors, it is successfully made into a physical reality. The result is a bittersweet, "slightly older" boy meets girl story.

A fun picnic for three, we thought it would last forever. Two brothers, both aspiring to become professional musicians, live a carefree life. A young woman moves into the flat next door to theirs. Soon the three hit it off and she begins to sing in the brothers' band. But just when they are all feeling a little emotional, the brother goes off on his own. The film is richly unified and full of taste, from the characters' clothes to the sweets beside them, the locations and the books they find. Maybe it's just a hobby of the director, but when it appears on the screen it becomes something that can be called aesthetically pleasing, and we feel the emergence of a filmmaker with an extravagant sensibility. The seemingly trivial dialogue also captures the emotional landscape of a generation that does not speak its mind.

A fun picnic for three, we thought it would last forever. Two brothers, both aspiring to become professional musicians, live a carefree life. A young woman moves into the flat next door to theirs. Soon the three hit it off and she begins to sing in the brothers' band. But just when they are all feeling a little emotional, the brother goes off on his own. The film is richly unified and full of taste, from the characters' clothes to the sweets beside them, the locations and the books they find. Maybe it's just a hobby of the director, but when it appears on the screen it becomes something that can be called aesthetically pleasing, and we feel the emergence of a filmmaker with an extravagant sensibility. The seemingly trivial dialogue also captures the emotional landscape of a generation that does not speak its mind.

A fun picnic for three, we thought it would last forever. Two brothers, both aspiring to become professional musicians, live a carefree life. A young woman moves into the flat next door to theirs. Soon the three hit it off and she begins to sing in the brothers' band. But just when they are all feeling a little emotional, the brother goes off on his own. The film is richly unified and full of taste, from the characters' clothes to the sweets beside them, the locations and the books they find. Maybe it's just a hobby of the director, but when it appears on the screen it becomes something that can be called aesthetically pleasing, and we feel the emergence of a filmmaker with an extravagant sensibility. The seemingly trivial dialogue also captures the emotional landscape of a generation that does not speak its mind.

A fun picnic for three, we thought it would last forever. Two brothers, both aspiring to become professional musicians, live a carefree life. A young woman moves into the flat next door to theirs. Soon the three hit it off and she begins to sing in the brothers' band. But just when they are all feeling a little emotional, the brother goes off on his own. The film is richly unified and full of taste, from the characters' clothes to the sweets beside them, the locations and the books they find. Maybe it's just a hobby of the director, but when it appears on the screen it becomes something that can be called aesthetically pleasing, and we feel the emergence of a filmmaker with an extravagant sensibility. The seemingly trivial dialogue also captures the emotional landscape of a generation that does not speak its mind.

A fun picnic for three, we thought it would last forever. Two brothers, both aspiring to become professional musicians, live a carefree life. A young woman moves into the flat next door to theirs. Soon the three hit it off and she begins to sing in the brothers' band. But just when they are all feeling a little emotional, the brother goes off on his own. The film is richly unified and full of taste, from the characters' clothes to the sweets beside them, the locations and the books they find. Maybe it's just a hobby of the director, but when it appears on the screen it becomes something that can be called aesthetically pleasing, and we feel the emergence of a filmmaker with an extravagant sensibility. The seemingly trivial dialogue also captures the emotional landscape of a generation that does not speak its mind.