Part of the 2018 season: (Un)true Colours
After School
Director Kenji Uchida
Cast Cast: Yo Oizumi, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masato Sakai, Tomoko Tabata
Distributor: TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.)
(After School, アフタースクール)
Jinno (Yo Oizumi) is a middle school teacher whose friend Kimura (Masato Sakai) and his wife are expecting a baby. However, on the day of the baby’s delivery, Kimura suddenly goes missing. Meanwhile a seedy private detective (Kuranosuke Sasaki) hired by a black company seeks the whereabouts of Kimura. Before long, unknown shocking facts about Kimura are revealed and the situation turns to the course nobody would expect.
Known for his powerful plot twists; this early work by Kenji Uchida is a hidden gem filled with puzzles and surprises.
2008/102 min/English Subtitles
アフタースクール
2005年の「運命じゃない人」でカンヌ国際映画祭の4賞を獲得した、内田けんじ監督によるサスペンス・コメディー。母校の中学校で働く教師、神野の元に、今は一流企業で働く、幼なじみの木村を探しているという探偵が訪ねてくる。友人探しに協力するうちに、神野の知らない木村の姿が明らかになる。緻密な構成で予想外なストーリーが展開する、エンターテインメント・ムービー。
監督: 内田けんじ
出演: 大泉洋、佐々木蔵之介、堺雅人
(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)
Past screenings
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Saturday 10 February, 14:00
- Queen's Film Theatre Sunday 18 February, 15:50
- Filmhouse Tuesday 6 March, 20:45
- Showroom Cinema Sunday 18 March, 18:10
All films in this season
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
- Japanese Girls Never Die
- The Dark Maidens
- The Long Excuse
- Oh Lucy!
- Initiation Love
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
- Memoirs of a Murderer
- Sing My Life
- Birds Without Names
- After School
- Sword of the Stranger
- Room for Let
- Joy of Man's Desiring
- Where I Belong
- MUMON: The Land of Stealth