Umoregi (2005)

Réalisateur:

Kôhei Oguri

Writers:

Kôhei Oguri (screenplay)
Tsukasa Sasaki (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 juin 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Drame

Avis des utilisateurs:

A magic invitation to Japan

Ensemble

Tadanobu Asano	...	San-chan
Tokie Hidari
Mitsuru Hirata
Karen	...	Machi
Ittoku Kishibe
Tomoko Nakajima
Takashi Nishina
Taka Okubo		(as Taka Ôkubo)
Sumiko Sakamoto
Akira Sakata
Yoshi Sakô
Yûko Tanaka
Hiromitsu Tosaka	...	Tomo

Réalisé par
Kôhei Oguri

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Kôhei Oguri		screenplay
Tsukasa Sasaki		screenplay

Musique originale
Arvo Pärt		(as Aruvo Peruto)

Image
Norio Teranuma

Montage
Nobuo Ogawa

Création des décors
Koichi Takeuchi		(as Kôichi Takeuchi)
Yoshinaga Yokoo

Technicien du son
Masato Yano	....	sound

Visual Effects
Art Durinski	....	visual effects supervisor
Norio Ishii	....	visual effects director

Camera and Electrical Department
Meichô Tomiyama	....	lighting director

Production Companies

• Umoregi Seisaku Iinkai

Distributors

• Gold View Company Ltd. (2005) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Pyramide Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• trigon-film (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• trigon-film (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

The Buried Forest (International: English title)
Forêt oubliée, La (France) [fr]

Durée:

France:93 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Company:

Umoregi Seisaku Iinkai

A magic invitation to Japan

I have seen this movie a couple days ago on the Era New Horizons movie festival in Cieszyn, Poland and I must admit that I really liked it. Normally I don't like movies with no true storyline but this is a fine exception. The movie has some plot but it really is ( for me ) a series of loosely linked images. Beautiful and magic images.

The movie itself itself is centered around three young girls living in a small village in Japan. The girls like books and at one point they start inventing their own stories. As time passes we get to know many characters and their stories and at some point we are not sure what is 'true' and what is 'magic'.

Yety the most important part is the imagery. The little town, the buried forest ( which is, by the way, the title ), the little boat on the stream. Watching this movie is pure pleasure. Just sit back relax and enjoy this mellow magic trip.