Agenda

Yoshimitsu Morita

The Cinémathèque at les Abattoirs

Les Abattoirs
Auditorium
Admission fee

Continuation of the retrospective of Yoshimitsu Morita (1950-2011), an extremely popular and acclaimed filmmaker in the Land of the Rising Sun, but incredibly unsuspected in the West. A major figure in Japanese cinema from 1980-2000, Morita's films have never been distributed in France. And yet...

In partnership with the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris, the Japan Foundation and the Quinzaine du Japon en Occitanie.

A family in turmoil
(Ashura no gotoku)

Yoshimitsu Morita. 2003. Jap. 135 min. Color. VOSTF.

Adapted from a novel by the famous Japanese writer Kuniko Mukoda (which also spawned a TV series), this funny and sensitive comedy-drama leaves the impression of a saga at the heart of a popular Japan. It's like being part of the family.

Black House
(Kuroi ie)

Yoshimitsu Morita. 1999. Jap. 118 min. Color. VOSTF.

A slap in the face. One you'll remember. A hole in your cinephilia. And you'll wonder how we missed it. A film that starts out as a black comedy à la the Coen brothers, only to end up as a horror film with splashes of gore, after having spun into Twin Peaks mode. In short, when the Dude meets the Log Lady in Leatherface's scullery.

Haru

Yoshimitsu Morita. 1996. Jap. 118 min. Color. VOSTF.

An epistolary romance between two solitudes, two lonely people who may never meet except through words. As always, Morita adapts the form of his narrative to his subject. Here, the sequences are like fragments of everyday life punctuated by full-screen messages. Love is a story of words.

Sorekara / Then

Yoshimitsu Morita. 1985. Jap. 130 min. Color. VOSTF.

Duty, morality, dishonour and pure love. Superbly lit in a style reminiscent of the Norwich School of English painting, Sorekara conveys a melancholy of love denied that fans of Wong Kar-wai and his In the Mood for Love will appreciate.

Lost Paradise
(Shitsurakuen)

Yoshimitsu Morita. 1997. Jap. 120 min. Color. VOSTF.

Passion in love is a lost paradise; you have to exclude yourself - from society as from Eden - to experience it. Here's one that will scandalise Japanese morality. As the economic bubble bursts, a man and a woman fall intimately in love. They recover by falling into each other's arms. But they are both married, and adultery in Japan is a dishonour. And dishonour...

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