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Bad Company
Sun 04.06 / 16:00 / Lantaren-Venster / Rotterdam
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Portret van een groep scholieren van een middelbare school op het platteland van Japan die proberen om te gaan met het strenge regime van hun school. Sadatomo neemt, aangezet door zijn vriendjes, slechte gewoonten van hen over. Helaas worden ze gesnapt en ze moeten de gevolgen ondergaan 'Bad Company' won op het Internationale Film Festival Rotterdam van 2001 de Tiger Award en de International Critics' Award.
A portrait of a group of friends struggling with their school's harsh regime in rural Japan. Sadatomo is pushed by his friends to pick up some of their bad habits; unfortunately, they are caught and have to face the consequences. 'Bad Company' won the Tiger Award and the International Critics' Award at the 2001 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
MABUDACHI
Japan 2000, 35mm, 98 Min, Dutch subtitles
Director & Script: FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
Production: Suncent CinemaWorks Inc.
Director of Photography: INOMOTO Masami
Music: SHIGENO Masamichi
Distribution: Filmmuseum Amsterdam
FURUMAYA Tomoyuki Born in 1968 in Nagano prefecture, he made his first feature called 'This Window is Yours' in 1994. After six years he returned to filmmaking as an assistant director for AOYAMA Shinji's 'Eureka' and started again directing his own films from 2001 onwards.
Filmography (selection):
2005: Sayonara Midori-chan
2003: Robokon
1994: This Window is Yours
Pompoko
Sun 04.06 / 13:30 / Lantaren-Venster / Rotterdam
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Deze animatiefilm van de bekende Studio Ghibli gaat over tanuki (Japanse wasberen) van wie het bos gekapt wordt voor de uitbreiding van steden van mensen. Dwars door de Japanse folklore zit nog wel de ecologische kwestie verpakt in humor en sentiment. Zoals verwacht kan worden van Studio Ghibli, is de afwerking perfect: de muziek zit goed in elkaar en de animaties zijn ook erg sterk. Je zou bijna vergeten dat de film al uit 1994 is.
An animated film from Studio Ghibli about tanukis (a raccoon-like animal, which in Japanese mythology are believed to be able to shapeshift into any form) in a man-against-nature setting. Humans are expanding their city and thereby destroying the habitat of the tanuki. The ecological problem unfolds in an imaginative, funny, and moving way whilst undeniably referencing Japanese folklore. The animation is amazingly detailed and the sound is so top-notch, you might forget this movie is over ten years old.
HEISEI TANUKI GASSEN PONPOKO
Japan 1994, 35mm, 119 Min, Dutch subtitles
Director & Script: TAKAHATA Isao
Production: Studio Ghibli
Art Director: OGA Kazuo
Animation Director: OTSUKA Shinji
Music: HISAISHI Joe
Distribution: A-Film
TAKAHATA Isao Born 29 October 1935 in Mie, Japan. After his graduation from the University of Tokyo he directed 'Horus: Prince of the Sun', which was a financial failure. He left the studio Toei Douga together with MIYAZAKI Hayao to form their own production company, which has grown to achieve worldwide fame: Studio Ghibli.
Filmography (selection):
1999: Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas)
1988: Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies)
1972: Panda kopanda (Panda! Go Panda!)