The Rebirth
OT: Ai no Yokan
Masahiro Kobayashi // Japan, 2007
Fiction Feature // FF2007
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.Info
Ai no Yokan
Fiction Feature
Japanese
Agenda 07//FF2007
Japan
2007
102 min
OV
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