茶の味 (The Taste of Tea) 2004 Ages 18+
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When
6.30 pm, Wed 31 Jul 2024 (141 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
This screening will be introduced by Rosie Hays, Australian Cinémathèque.
Six-year-old Sachiko is living a peaceful existence, with her eccentric family in picturesque, rural Japan. The only thing bothering her is a gigantic yet benevolent doppelgänger who seems to be following her wherever she goes. Along with the thoughtful Sachiko, the film follows her hypnotherapist father, her mother who is attempting to return to her job as an animator, her awkward older brother Hajime and a wildly inventive grandfather who has designs on becoming a pop music icon. Uncle Ayano, played by indie darling Tadanobu Asano, comes to stay in order to put to rest his yearning for an ex-girlfriend who is now married. Katsuhiro Ishii’s playful and enigmatic film is full of magical realist imagery, bonkers characters, and the wistful dreaminess of languid, summer days of childhood.
Ages 18+ | Infrequent stong violence
Production Credits
- Director: Katsuhito Ishii
- Script: Katsuhito Ishii
- Cinematographer: Kosuke Matsushima
- Editor: Katsuhito Ishii
- Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Takahiro Sato, Maya Banno, Satomi Tezuka
- Print Source/Rights: The Klockworx Co Ltd
- Year: 2004
- Runtime: 141 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: DCP