Yoko's Moving

1989 0h 23m JA

Synopsis

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A cold landscape spreads across the reclaimed land. A road that stretches in a straight line. Hasegawa wanders into this place while his girlfriend, Yoko, is moving. However, the conversation between the two is awkward and doesn't mesh well. By chance, Hasegawa is left alone in this empty landscape. He starts playing with the bouncing ball. This work expresses the inability to communicate well and the feeling of loneliness through a cinematic space created by the contrast between the "stillness" of the landscape and the "motion" of a rolling ball. The sight of a single person standing alone in a desolate landscape has an almost existentialist feel to it.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fukuzumi Haruo
Miyoshi Yasushi
Shida Izumi
Kasuya Masato

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masaaki Taniguchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masaaki Taniguchi, shot by Masaaki Taniguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Fukuzumi Haruo and Miyoshi Yasushi and Shida Izumi carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Masaaki Taniguchi directs. Masaaki Taniguchi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Masaaki Taniguchi, shot by Masaaki Taniguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Fukuzumi Haruo and Miyoshi Yasushi and Shida Izumi carry the top of the cast.