Recall

  • Sunday, June 3, 16:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • 空飛ぶタイヤ
    Sora tobu taiya
  • Japan 2018, DCP, 120 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director: Katsuhide MOTOKI
  • Script: Tamio HAYASHI based on a novel by Jun IKEIDO
  • Production: RECALL Film Partners
  • Camera: Junichi FUJISAWA
  • World sales: Nikkatsu
  • Cast: Tomoya NAGASE, Dean FUJIOKA, Issei TAKAHASHI, Kyoko FUKADA, Ittoku KISHIBE
  • European premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award

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A young woman dies after she is hit by a tire flying off a truck. When the transport company is blamed for bad maintenance, its owner Akamatsu starts to investigate the manufacturer and soon starts to unravel a nationwide scandal. Powerful acting performances and Katsuhide MOTOKI’s skillful directing make RECALL much more thrilling than other, more conventional crime films.

Director's Bio
Katsuhide MOTOKI, born in Toyama Prefecture in 1963, studied at Waseda University and in the United States. In 1987, he began working as an assistant director at Shochiku for Keisuke KINOSHITA and Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA, among others. He had his directorial debut in 1998 with TENAMONYA SHOSHA. His comedy SAMURAI HUSTLE received an award at the 2015 Japan Academy Awards. MOTOKI also works as a producer (e.g. GONIN).

Filmography
2004 Drugstore Girl; 2007 Kitaro (Gegege no Kitaro); 2012 Welcome Home, Hayabusa (Okaeri Hayabusa); 2014 Samurai Hustle (Chokosoku! sankin kotai)

 

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