Kumakiri's Filmography

[further at libero.it]

I've seen his two latest efforts at the IFFR.

Green Mind Metal Bats is taken from a manga, and it's a very low-key account of the problems of growing and youth nowadays. Kumakiri has nothing to do with the world of manga, and it shows: but this is somewhat interesting and successful in his rendition of a reality in which there's no capability to overcome its "greyness" and to fulfill one's passion/love (specifically, baseball: but, take note, it's not a sport-movie). But the ending has the courage to be with a smile and a little hope, and it's beautiful. Wakamatsu Koji is among the cast, with Terajima Susumu and the superb Ando Masanobu. 

The Volatile Woman is one of the six films from six different directors in the "Love and Eros" DV series.
Only two characters, a woman (Ishii Mitsuko) at a petrol station and a man on the run (Sawada Shunsuke), a house, a strange relationship between them. It's a little, very little thing, a drama, sometimes moving, sometimes precise and deep. And the leads are wonderful.

Ciao.
pier maria


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>From      : owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
To          : KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Date      : Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:10:27 +0100
Subject : Re: Kumakiri's Filmography







> Hi,
> I had the chance to see both "Hole in the sky" (in Pesaro, 2001) and 
> "Antenna" (in Venice, 2003). I don't remember any connection between them in 
> the plot, though both deal with somewhat incestuous relationships. The first 
> stars Terajima Susumu in the leading role, a lonely man who spend his life in 
> the memory of his mother (that's all I can remember).
> 
> ciao
> giacomo
> 
> >  Hi,
> >
> >    It seems to me that due to some fautly IMDB'ing, there is perennial
> > conusion about the Antenna/Hole in the Sky thing.  As you mentioned,
> > the two are most definitely different films.  I saw "Antenna" at the
> > SF Indie film fest in I think '04 (but it could have been '05), and I
> > think the release date was '03, but could have been '04.  Kumakiri was
> > there and I got to ask him about it after the show - Hole in the Sky
> > is an earlier film than Antenna, I think Midnight Eye has the release
> > date as '01? Antenna (the real one, with Kase Ryo about the grad
> > student who gets wrapped up in SM after his sister disappears, not the
> > Terajima Susumu one that frequently appears on information dockets,
> > thats actually "Hole in the Sky") seems to pop up here and there at
> > fests and on bootlegs, but I've never seen "Hole in the Sky" around
> > anywhere.  Kumakiri also mentioned that his next project was going to
> > be a kind of sequel or follow up to Hole in the Sky, does anyone know
> > if thats Kihatsusei no Onna or something else entirely?  Wasn't there
> > something coming out with a title like "Green Metal Bats" as well?
> >
> >  -Nate
> >
> > On 3/14/06, Stefan Nutz / Nuzumakifilms <nuzumaki at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Could anybody please help me with the filmography of Kumakiri Kazuyoshi?
> > > This is the latest list i puzzled together, but i am not sure if it is
> > > correct. As far as i know
> > > 2 titels are missing:
> > >
> > > *-Antenna *(/which is often credited as Hole in the Sky/- /but that's
> > > not correct)/*
> > > **-Ravaged House, The: Zoroku's Disease *(/could be a part of an omnibus
> > > project, but i am not sure/./ Has anybody ever heard about this film?/)
> > >
> > > *Blood Sucking Blade (1996)
> > > The Overture of Life  (1996)
> > > Kichiku  (1997)
> > > Hole in the Sky (2003)**
> > > Kihatsusei no onna (2004)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *****Thanks,
> > >
> > > Stefan
> > > *****
> > >
> > > ***
> 
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