Short Cuts! - A Gentle Rain Falls for Fukushima - JAPAN CUTS 2012
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Channel: JapanSocietyNYC · 2012 · Film & Animation
A Gentle Rain Falls for Fukushima (トテチータ・チキチータ) Saturday, July 28, 1 PM Part of JAPAN CUTS 2012 Focus on Post 3.11 Cinema North American Premiere Preceded by a screening of We Are All Radioactive http://www.japansociety.org/japan_cuts_2012 http://www.japansociety.org/event/a-gentle-rain-falls-for-fukushima A middle-aged man (Kosuke Toyohara) who owns an architectural firm falls into debt. He runs away from his creditors and lands in a place called Fukushima. There he meets a young girl named Rin (Jurina) who claims he is her son. This leads to interesting connections that are made through Rin, as he meets and befriends several other people, forming relationships well beyond the usual range of age and family. Japan. 2012. 90 min., 35mm, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Atsushi Kokatsu. With Jurina, Kosuke Toyohara, Chieko Matsubara, Shono Hayama.
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