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A Midsummer′s Fantasia

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Rural · Love/Romance · Films about Film

  • CountryKorea,Japan
  • Production Year2014
  • Running Time96min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor/B&W
Program Note
A Korean filmmaker journeys to a small rural town in Japan, Gojo with his assistant director Mijung who interprets for him. The film is in two parts whereby the first tells the story of the filmmaker’s encounters with interesting people of Gojo, while the second unravels a fictional tale inspired by the accounts in the first one. Presented in black and white documentary style, part 1 introduces a civil servant, a former big city salesman in his middle-ages who returned to his hometown, and an elderly lady who lives in the countryside near Gojo. In part 2, the female assistant director and the male civil servant in part 1 each reappear as a tourist visiting Gojo, and a persimmon farmer. Shot in color, part 2 shows how the man and woman become acquainted with each other as they walk and talk on the road, making it seem that the characters and stories of part 1 construct the encounters part 2 as fate. Cinematography is simple as it captures the romance between a Korean woman and a Japanese man in a foreign place. Completed as the NARAtive - The Film Project of Nara International Film Festival run by filmmaker Kawase Naomi. (NAM Dong-chul)
Director
Director
JANG Kunjae
Jang’s debut feature film Eighteen(2009) won him the Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 and the Nuovo Cinema Award at the Pesaro Film Festival 2010. After establishing his production company, Mocushura, he produced his second feature, Sleepless Night(2012), earning him awards in both domestic and international film festivals. Jang is currently working as assistant professor for the Film Department at Yong In University.
Credit
  • Director
    JANG Kunjae
  • ProducerNaomi KAWASE
    Kunjae JANG
  • CastSaebyuk KIM
    Ryo IWASE
    Hyungkook LIM
  • ScreenplayKunjae JANG
  • CinematographyMasayuki FUJII
  • EditorKunjae JANG
    Yeonjung LEE
  • SoundYongjoo KIM (KOFIC)
  • MusicMinwhee LEE
  • Production CompanyMocushura
    NARA International Film Festival
    studio.mocushura@gmail.com
  • World SalesMocushura
    studio.mocushura@gmail.com
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