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Petrel Hotel BLUE

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Literature · (Super)hero

CountryJapan
Production Year2011
Running Time84min
FormatDCP
ColorColor

Program Note

Ex-con Yukio has come to a town surrounded by the mountains, the sea, lava flows and desert for vengeance against Yoji, the man who betrayed him. But instead Yukio becomes obsessed with Rika, a mysterious beauty. While his political films <United Red Army> (2008), <Caterpillar> (2010) and <MISHIMA> (2012) pursue strict social realism, Wakamatsu Koji’s new film Petrel Hotel BLUE is surreal, genrecrossing and raw which reminds the old day when he was working on Pink films. With dreamlike juxtapositions and music by Jim O’Rourke of punk rock group Sonic Youth, it’s both a modern rendition and reminiscent of Wakamatsu’s films of the 60’s and 70’s. (YANG Shion)

Director

Koji WAKAMATSU

He was born on April 1st in 1936 at Miyagi prefecture. He made his directorial debut for <Amai Wana> in 1963 and founded the Wakamatsu Production in 1965. He has created many notable works such as <Affairs Within Walls>, <Violated Angels>, and <Netorare Sosuke>. In 2005, he directed <Cycling Chronicles:Landscapes The Boy Saw>, which depicts via scenery images the heartfelt appeal of a boy, who killed his mother. <United Red Army>, his work in 2008 awarded the double prize, NETPAC and CICAE at Berlin. <Caterpillar> was awarded with silver bear of Berlin 2010. He has directed more than 100 films to date.

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