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The Rebirth

OT: Ai no Yokan

Masahiro Kobayashi // Japan, 2007
Fiction Feature // FF2007

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Story

A man and a woman meet in a town far from Tokyo. She is a housekeeper in the hostel in which he lives; they recognize each other, but between them there can be nothing but silence. Her daughter killed his daughter when they were still young. Masahiro Kobayashi is the author, composer, director and star of this visually outstanding minimalist drama which won the Golden Lion at the Festival ofLocarno.

Director

Masahiro Kobayashi (*1954)worked as folksinger and scriptwriter beforehe made his first film as director and producerin 1996. His films are regulars at FilmfestHamburg.

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Ai no Yokan

Fiction Feature

Japanese

Agenda 07//FF2007


Japan

2007

102 min

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Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi, Makiko Watanabe

Naoko Kobayashi

Koichi Nishikubo

Naoki Kaneko

Masahiro Kobayashi

Monkey Town Productions, 1-5-1-306 Fujimi Chiyoda-ku, 102-0071 Tokyo, Japan, Tel: +81 3 32 64 28 23, Fax: +81 3 32 64 28 23, email: sarumachi@aol.com

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