Ripples

Hamon
dir. Naoko Ogigami
Japan 2023, 120’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
We 15 Nov, 18:00
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Su 19 Nov, 14:30
Kinoteka 3
Kinoteka 3
Su 19 Nov, 14:45
Kinoteka 4
Kinoteka 4
Attention! Extra screening!
Attention! Extra screening!
Credits
Japan 2023
Duration: 120’
director: Naoko Ogigami
screenplay: Naoko Ogigami
cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
editing: Shinichi Fushima
music: Hiroko Ide
cast: Mariko Tsutsui, Ken Mitsuishi, Hayato Isomura
producer: Hiromitsu Sugita, Makoto Watanabe
production: "RIPPLES" Film Partners
language: Japanese
colouration: colour
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Film description

Yoriko's life seems to be very well-organized. Her days are filled with meeting the members of a religious sect, praying at her home altar, and grooming the Zen stone garden which replaced the flowerbeds her husband cared for before he disappeared from her life without a word. His sudden return disrupts the routine and the skin-deep harmony of Yoriko's existence, cutting through it like ripples troubling a calm surface of water.

The new film by the Five Flavours favorite, Naoko Ogigami, is a treatise about finding the connection with the surrounding world. The director creates a comedy drama full of subversive humor, filled with both old resentments and piercing observations on the not-so-sugar-sweet reality. In "Ripples" Ogigami once again portraits an outcast heroine conflicted with her surroundings, who still manages to enchant us with her uniqueness. At the same time, the film opens a new chapter in the director's career, whose works are enriched with in-depth psychological reflection and ruthless irony – her outlook on relationships has never been this bitter.

text:
Łukasz Mańkowski

Naoko Ogigami

Born in 1972 in Chiba prefecture. In 1994, she left for the US to study directing at the USC. Her films, filled with sweetness and melancholy, made in a characteristic visual style, are extremely popular and are often screened at international festivals. Naoko Ogigami was the guest of the 11th Five Flavours in 2017.

Filmography:

1999 Ayako (short)

2003 Barber Yoshino / Yoshino's Barber Shop

2004 Koi wa go-shichi-go! / Love Is Five, Seven, Five!

2005 Kamome shokudo / Kamome Diner

2007 Okulary / Megane / Glasses

2010 Toiretto / Toilet

2012 Kot do wynajęcia / Rentaneko / Rent-a-Cat

2017 Po nitce do kłębka / Karera Ga Honki De Amu Toki wa / Close-Knit

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