INDEX OF FILMS - Raindance Film Festival
INDEX OF FILMS - Raindance Film Festival
INDEX OF FILMS - Raindance Film Festival
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LOST AND FOUND<br />
WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 5:15PM<br />
In a non-descript Japanese train station several random<br />
characters pass one another by, each struggling with life in some<br />
way: a European man retraces the steps of his grandfather in<br />
postwar Japan, a girl struggles with the urge to abandon her<br />
child, a blind woman photographs the world that she will never<br />
see, and a disgraced business man teeters on the platform’s<br />
edge. These characters all share the fact that they have lost<br />
something and their stories revolve around Mr Togashi who runs<br />
the station’s lost property office.<br />
Unlike many Japanese indie films its eccentric characters<br />
remain very believable and empathetic as they are brought<br />
together and broken apart by a series of lost objects, each of<br />
which is given tremendous emotional weight thanks to Nobuyuki<br />
Miyaki’s subtle plotting and gentle camera work. This seems<br />
to evoke Mr Togashi’s own philosophy as he chides his young<br />
associate for dismissing some of the items he cares for as trash,<br />
saying: ‘that’s not for you to decide. If it comes in here then it<br />
belongs to someone. It’s important.’ Miyaki’s self-assured debut<br />
feature is a charming drama of fleeting encounters, which fans<br />
of Shunji Iwai or Edward Yang will love. Despite its subtlety its<br />
themes will resonate long after you leave the cinema. DB<br />
Country Japan Running Time 75 mins Format HDCam Director Nobuyuki Miyake<br />
Producer Hirotaka Asano Screenplay Maki Arai, Nobuyuki Miyake DoP Toshiharu<br />
Yaegashi Cast Shun Sugata, Tomoyuki Hatanaka, Kaori Fujii Print Source Nobuyuki<br />
Miyake Email bob@gazebofilm.jp<br />
108 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
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