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"Through The Keyhole" Japanese Shorts
SAT. 17.7/14:30
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This year sees another collection of sparkling shorts from young Japanese
filmmakers. The hero of Reconciliation is endearingly funny on his one man
mission to be reunited with his favorite childhood friend. Where does a
woman running from her controlling husband end up? In Bonten, she is "saved"
by physical pleasure that does not involve sex. Next is Fukai, which depicts
the bloody showdown between two men and a woman with original,
tension-packed imagery. In the latter half of the program we have Queer Boys
and Girls on the Bullet Train, an omnibus of ten 5-minute shorts gathered
under the theme "five minute films about gay women/men." In this collection,
creators from varied backgrounds have come together to assemble a unique
world of film. While different genres and styles are featured in Queer Boys
and Girls, they all share a "compelling something" that captures the times
we live in.
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Reconciliation
Dir：Oda Mnabu
(2004/JAPAN/DV/9min) | 
Reconciliation
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This omnibus work of ten short films was planned and produced by Imaizumi
Koichi and Iwasa Hiroki's "habakari-cinema", responsible for producing
'NAUGHTY BOYS' in 2002. 'Queer Boys and Girls ' is a montage of works
collected under the condition that each be a "five minute film about
lesbians or gay men." The ten directors represented have all used different
methods of expression in their work so far, making this selection of shorts
full of variety. Many of the shorts are from first-time directors, and none
have been screened before. Snapshots of the mood of the times captured by
ten different antennas are reassembled in this work. (Directors are listed
in no particular order.)
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*'Bye-Bye"Over
the Rainbow"' Akira the Hustler
Dir:
Akira the Hustler
Written: Akira the Hustler
Dir of Photo: Imaizumi Koichi
Edit: habakari-cinema,
Akira the Hustler
Trans: Tobias Rushbrook
Cast: Akira the Hustler |
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Akira the Hustler created this short himself, based on a piece he published
in the official pamphlet for the Seventh Rainbow March in Sapporo under the
name of Cho Yukio. Bye-Bye "Over the Rainbow" Presents film expressions and
messages unique to Akira the Hustler.
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*'I Want You to Kiss Me' Imaizumi Koichi
Dir:
Imaizumi Koichi
Story: Iwasa Hiroki
Written: Imaizumi Koichi
Dir of Photo: Imaizumi Koichi
Edit: Imaizumi Koichi
Music: PEixe-eletrico
Still Photo: Taguchi Hiroki
Trans.: Kawaguchi Takao
Cast: Nohara Syusaku |
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A new work by Imaizumi Koichi of Angel in the Toilet (1999) and NAUGHTY BOYS
(2002) fame. This "mockumentary" portrays the director ordering a rent boy
for sex.
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*'I Hum, She's Dashing
When She Walks' iri
Dir: iri
Written: iri
Dir of Photo: iri
Edit: iri
Music: PEixe-eletrico
Still Photo: Kazuyo
Trans.: Sarah Teasley
Cast: minami, mina.eva.n |
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Minami works at a video hire shop. One day, a customer hands over a couple
of her tapes, and Minami gets sent into a spin when she sees what they
are... I Hum is the latest work from Iri, director of Chocolate(1999) and
3-Second Melancholy(2001). This girl-meets-girl short foreshadows the
beginning of a brand new story.
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*'wrap! rap! -10cs3-' woolala satoko
Dir: woolala satoko
Written: woolala satoko
Dir of Photo: Uchida Kazuko, iri
Imaizumi Koichi
Edit: woolala satoko, iri
Music: woolala satoko, CHU~
Choreography: J
Cast: satokin, Kazuyo, mm,
onei-chan, kajiki, kayo,
KIBI, SAYOKO, CHU~, nachi |
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Wrap marks ten years since self-confessed "singing, dancing lesbian" woolala
satoko's debut in the industry. This music video aims to educate audiences
on safe sex, as performers rap to lyrics about safer sex between women.
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'KEY' Kang Yen-Nien
Dir: Kang Yen-Nien
Dir of Photo: Kang Yen-Nien
Edit: Kang Yen-Nien
Theme Music: Mori Yuji
Cast: Izumi Takao, Mizuki, taka
U-suke, Kuwa Yuji, Lin Da Chan
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Key, directed by Kang Yen-Nien, is the story of a couple who both lost all
memory of the past in an accident. A visual art movie, Key does away with a
script, instead relying on cuts and liberal use of video effects.
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*'Techniques for Deadly Blows in 199X' Takasaki Keiichi
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Dir: Takasaki Keiichi
Written: Takasaki Keiichi
Anime: Takasaki Keiichi
Edit: Takasaki Keiichi, Iwasa Hiroki
Music: PEixe-eletrico
Trans.:Sarah Teasley |  |
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A snapshot in the life of a couple of high-school age guys who had been
together for two months, set after they break up. Gay manga artist Takasaki
Keiichi single-handedly created all characters, animation and backgrounds in
this short. This digital "kamishibai" storybook is a detached portrayal of
the subtleties of the couple's emotions.
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*'One Brilliant Moment' Taguchi Hiroki
Dir:
Taguchi Hiroki
Dir of Photo: Taguchi Hiroki
Edit: Taguchi Hiroki, Imaizumi Koichi
Music: Toya Takayuki
Cast: Kawashima Ryoya, Riku |
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By accepting that the object of our gaze is someone "other" than ourselves,
this film takes a photographic approach in recording that bittersweet moment
of ecstasy that arises between oneself and the subject when one accepts that
the object of ones gaze is someone "other" than oneself.
This video work is by photographer Taguchi Hiroki.
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*'Parallel Contact' Hasegawa Kenjiro
Dir:
Hasegawa Kenjiro
Written: Hasegawa Kenjiro
Dir of Photo: Imaizumi Koichi
Edit: Hasegawa Kenjiro,
Imaizumi Koichi
Trans.: Gerhard Wolfram
Cast: Sunny, Inba Toshio |  |
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On the train, a man's eyes meet those of a man on the train next door. As
the trains take turns overtaking each other, the men move apart, and then
back together again. Hasegawa Kenjiro, a creator of poetry and drama,
portrays a gay encounter in an everyday setting.
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*'the Untitled Slide Show' Hata Tomoaki
Dir:
Hata Tomoaki
Dir of Photo: Hata Tomoaki
Edit: Pornaleffs
Music: nmp |
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A slide show by photographer Hata Tomoaki containing previously unreleased
shots and "raw footage" of drag queens. The Untitled Slide Show focuses on
drag queens back stage, bringing us a side of them different from their
on-stage personas.
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*'machi27' Hirai Yuko
Dir: Hirai Yuko
Dir of Photo: Hirai Yuko
Edit: Hirai Yuko
Music: PEixe-eletrico
Cast: Alice, Amele, Berongere,
Celine, Flavie, Hiro, Jerome,
Lucile, Marie-Laure, Olivier,
Perinne, Stan, Yasmina,
Yuko, Zoe |
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The director of machi 27 shows us "all the things she likes", on screen.
Dancer Hirai Yuko used the technique of video editing to "choreograph" this
dance work, in which we get a glimpse of several different stories.
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