PESCARA. The Land of the Rising Sun with its mystery fascinates, intrigues, captures. Its cinema presses and has now conquered from Europe to Hollywood. The numbers recorded last summer by the Japanese cinema festival organized at the Mediamuseum of Pescara by the Japan – Abruzzo Association with the Flaiano Association have suggested repeating the appointment with 4 evenings dedicated to Japanese cinematography that will light up the screens of the Massimo from today to Friday 28 June. The theme of the “Japan Abruzzo Cinema” festival is “From text to anime, from manga to live action”: paying special attention to the world of animation, reference is made to the tendency in many works and authors to break down the boundaries between cultured and pop, creating a positive contamination between literature, comics and animated cinema. The 5 films chosen – screenings at 7 pm, free admission – are exemplary of this trend, but in the selection, as stated in the organizers’ note, «the social themes underlying the plots were also taken into account, which, highlighted in Japanese reality (not only contemporary) offer food for thought also for our current context».
THE PROGRAM Sakuran by Mika Ninagawa (2006) opens the festival. Taken from the manga of the same name by Moyoco Anno, it is the colorful portrait of the life of a courtesan in the pleasure district of ancient Edo, the Yoshiwara, and of her stubborn path to free herself from the shackles of an existence she has never accepted, in which the sense of empowerment that the Japanese director wants to convey to the younger generations. Tomorrow during the evening-homage to a cult animation director, Satoshi Kon, two of his famous works will be presented: “Tokyo godfathers” (2003) which is inspired by Peter B. Kyne’s work, “The Three Godfathers” (1913 ) in which the lowest in society reveal their internal conflicts with humanity and slapstick comedy; and Paprika, based on the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui, presented in Venice in 2006, a science fiction film and psychological thriller about the manipulation of the subconscious. Thursday here is “Our little sister” by Hirokazu Koreeda (2015), perhaps a lesser-known work by the great Japanese author (“Family Affairs”, “The Truths”, the Netflix series “Makanai”), taken from the manga “Our Little Sister – Kamakura Diary” by Akimi Yoshida and presented in competition at Cannes. An all-female film about family bonds, it is the story of 4 “little women” who make their way in the world thanks to their alliance. The grand finale on the 28th is entrusted to the beautiful Inu-oh by Masaaki Yuasa (“Mind Game”, “Ride your wave”), a 2021 animated film based on the novel by Hideo Furukawa “The Tale of the Heike: the Inu – õ Chapters” and presented in Venice, which offers a bold interpretation of the figure of Inu-õ (the Dog King), an enigmatic theatrical performer who actually existed between the 14th and 15th centuries: «A rousing rock opera that becomes a hymn to transformation to interpret the personal and gender identity of the world (Wild Paths). Before the film, the special issue of the magazine will be presented Legendary dedicated to Japan with Gianluca Di Fratta, one of Italy’s leading anime and manga experts, Barbara Waschimps, artistic director of the event and Claudio Caniglia, president of the Japanese association.
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