Nippon Connection Cinema
Parting Present
(Omiyage / Mofuku no mibojin – hoshii no…) directed by Mamoru WATANABE
Saturday, April 18, 10:15 p.m. Festival Centre [Tickets]
Sunday, April 19, 10:15 p.m., Orfeos Erben [Tickets]
International premiere in the presence of the director
NCA
Credits:
Japan 2008, 35mm, 58 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director: Mamoru WATANABE
Writer: Koichiro IGAWA
Production: Kokuei, Shintoho Pictures, V-Paradise
Director of photography: Shoji SHIMIZU
World sales: Stance Company
Cast: Komari AWASHIMA, Tomohiro OKADA, Riri KODA, Rina YUKI, Hideki NISHIOKA
Izumi finds an audio tape recording of her recently deceased husband having sex with another woman. Her desire for vengeance and her need to let go of her husband culminate in a plan… WATANABE’s newest film fascinates the audience with its multilayered and menacing atmosphere. Mamoru WATANABE, a legendary veteran of Pink Film, will present his new work personally.
About the director: Mamoru WATANABE was born in Tokyo in 1931 and studied at Waseda University. He is one of the veterans of the Pink film genre.
Filmography (selection): 1970 For a Girl’s Hell (Onna jigoku – Shakuhachi benten); 1984 Serial Murder Fiend: Heartless (Renzokusatsujinki: Reiketsu); 2004 Tokyo Desire (Katame dake no koi)