Wandering home (complete) @ FCCJ

[Eija Niskanen]

I apologize for reposting, but the end of the announcement got cut
away from my previous posting. Here follows the complete announcement
of FCCJ screening.

Dear KineJapanners,

We have another sneak preview opportunity at the Foreign
Correspondents' Club of Japan. The FCCJ is a private club, so a
reservation through Karen Severns is necessary: kjs30 at gol.com

http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/6136

SPECIAL SCREENING in collaboration with TIFF
Followed by a Q&A session with director Yoichi Higashi, executive
producer Tetsujiro Yamagami and TIFF Chairman Tom Yoda

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15  7 pm  20th floor

WANDERING HOME  (Yoi ga Sametara Uchi ni Kaero) Japan, 2010  118 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles

Writer-Director-Editor: Yoichi Higashi
Executive Producer: Tetsujiro Yamagami
Producers: Hiroki Ohwada, Yuji Sadai, Mitsuru Oshima
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yoshiko Kayama

Film courtesy of Siglo and Bitters End

The Movie Committee is honored to present this special screening of
Wandering Home, following its world premiere as the Opening Film of
the “Japanese Eyes” section of the 23rd Tokyo International Film
Festival (TIFF). Japanese Eyes introduces the dynamism of today’s
Japanese independent films, and this year, the latest work from
renowned filmmaker Yoichi Higashi (The River with No Bridge, Village
of Dreams) was selected for the prestigious opening slot.

Wandering Home is based on the bestselling autobiography of journalist
and former war photographer Yutaka Kamoshida, who wrote of his battle
to overcome alcohol dependency with the support of his ex-wife,
popular manga artist Rieko Saibara.  An utterly beguiling drama with
flashes of black humor, surrealism and unflinching brutality,
Wandering Home features a brilliant central performance from Tadanobu
Asano (Villon’s Wife, Gohatto) as Yasu. After his latest bender leaves
him near death, Yasu reluctantly enters a rehab hospital and finds
unexpected solace among the quirky medical staff and his eccentric
fellow patients. Although alcoholism had destroyed his marriage, his
enchantingly quirky wife Yuki (Nagasaku, Cast Me if You Can) visits
often with the couple’s two young children, and Yasu steadily
improves. There is to be no happy ending, but Yasu’s journey toward
recovery and reconciliation with his family is both heartbreaking and
exhilarating.

Please join the Movie Committee as we host this special screening
ahead of the film’s opening in December.

Writer-director-editor Yoichi Higashi began working for Iwanami
Productions after graduating from Waseda, and made his first feature,
Okinawa Islands, in 1969. The River with No Bridge (1992) won best
director at the Mainichi Film Awards among other acclaim. Village of
Dreams (1996) won a Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear. My Grandpa
(2003) won best Asian film at the Montreal Film Festival, and Crying
Wind (2004), won the Innovation Award at the Montreal Film Festival.

Executive producer Tetsujiro Yamagami is the founding president of
Siglo, Ltd., and has produced over 70 documentaries and feature films,
including Higashi’s The River with No Bridge and Village of Dreams.
Among his other award-winning works are films by John Junkerman
(Japan’s Peace Constitution), Makoto Sato (Artists in Wonderland and
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said) and Ryosuke Hashiguchi (Hush!
and All Around Us).

If you would like to enjoy a glass of wine and light snacks while
chatting with Mr. Higashi, Mr. Yamagami and Mr. Yoda before the
screening begins, sign up for the Meet the Filmmakers Cocktail Party,
from 6:00 – 6:55 pm, when you reserve your seat for the screening. The
cost of the cocktail party is ¥1,500 (incl. tax). Space is limited to
the first thirty (30) people to sign up. On Nov. 15, please pick up
your ticket at the front desk from 6:00 pm, and join us in the
Anteroom for the party. Cancellations received after noon on the day
of the screening will be charged in full. You may attend the film
without attending the cocktail party.

All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to
FCCJ members and their guests.

Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee



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Eija Niskanen
Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-0004