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A Bao A Qu

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Literature · Suspense/Mystery · Psychology  

  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year2007
  • Running Time85min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Hasegawa is writing a sequel to his previous novel, based on a true character who murdered 9 people on the street, with the premise that the killer had a brother. The main character in his new novel, Harumi, drops out of high school and leads a quiet life, unable to understand his brother. He is scared that the same blood runs in his veins but is also enraged by the fact that his brother’s life is consumed as material for novels by many writers. A novelist, Hasegawa faces limitations in making being able to make fiction as real and cruel as it is in reality. Hasegawa hears from a witness how a murder happened but he cannot be sure if it is a true event or from her imagination. One day, Hasegawa encounters Harumi… This is an obscure yet attractive film that extends its style from Kurosawa Kiyoshi to David Lynch. The title, A Bao A Qu, comes from a shapeless being that earns its shape as the pilgrim of a true heart near him featured in Indian religion and The Arabian Nights.
Director
KATO Naoki
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980, Naoki Kato entered the graduate school of Film and New Media at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1995. He majored in Directing and Film Production, studying under Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kitano Takeshi and other famous auteurs. [A Bao A Qu] is his graduation work.
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Credit
  • Director KATO Naoki 가토 나오키
  • Producer Eijun SUGIHARA
  • Cast Hideo NAKAIZUMI, Toshiki HIROSE, Aoba KAWAI, Junya ISHII
  • Screenplay Naoki KATO
  • Cinematography Satoshi KUBOTA
  • Editor Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Sound Noriaki MINAMI, Yasuhiro MORINAGA
  • Music Boris, Uramichi
  • Production Company Graducate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
    4-44 Honcho, Nakaku, Yokohama, 231-0005, Japan
    ynagoya@fm.geidai.ac.jp