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Raindance Film Festival · 2012

Raindance Film Festival 2012

Way Out East

Programme

6 films · 1 review

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About The Pink Sky (Momoiro sora o)

A high school girl finds a wallet full of money and tracks down its owner, leading to unexpected consequences for the girl and her friends.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2011; Director: Keiichi Kobayashi; Writer: Keiichi Kobayashi; Stars: Ai Ikeda, Ena Koshino, Reiko Fujiwara, Tsubasa Takayama, Hakusyu Togetsuan)

After School Midnighters (Hôkago middonaitâzu)

"Kynstlijk" is a human model in a school. He moves only after midnight. One day, three naughty kids find him, and the craziest adventure begins…

(Country: Japan; Year: 2012; Director: Hitoshi Takekiyo; Writer: Yoichi Komori, Hitoshi Takekiyo; Stars: Fûrin Cha, Hozumi Gôda, Mariya Ise, Jûrôta Kosugi, Minako Kotobuki, Yûki Kuroda, Dai Matsumoto, Hiroshi Shimozaki, Hiromasa Taguchi, Ikuko Tani, Haruka Tomatsu, Sakiko Uran, Kôichi Yamadera, Hiroshi Yanaka, Yûsaku Yara)

Don't Dare To Stop Love

A dying and delusional single mother devotes herself obsessively to her boyfriend but cannot cope when he starts to feel suffocated.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2012; Director: Yoko Oguchi; Writer: Yoko Oguchi; Stars: Kazumi Fujishima, Yoshiro Hatori, Fumiko Abe)

Olo, The Boy From Tibet

One boy's story illustrates the experiences of present day Tibetans.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2012; Director: Hisaya Iwasa; Stars: Olo, Momo Chenga, Lamo Tsuo)

A Road Stained Crimson

Review preview for A Road Stained Crimson

Tetsuhiko Nono’s remarkable Japanese indie debut signals him as a cine-literate writer and director of verve, invention and visual panache.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
A former hitman trying to live a quiet life finds himself blackmailed at the same time as a boy arrives in desperate need of his guidance.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2012; Director: Tetsuhiko Nono; Writer: Tetsuhiko Nono; Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Jun Murakami, Niinobu Ryomei)

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Sado Tempest (Arashi)

Shakespeare's The Tempest re-invented as a Japanese science fiction musical.

(Country: Japan, UK, Hong Kong; Year: 2012; Director: John Williams; Writer: John Williams; Stars: Hirotaro Honda, Noriko Eguchi, Yoji Tanaka)