Looking forward to the friends of the film festival to see it! The list of films you want has been announced quite a bit.
Xiaobu sorted out the following: the classic unit of "Princess Sisi" trilogy; the 4K restoration unit of Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream", "Ecstasy", etc.; the "Tribute to the Master" unit Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries", Wang Danfeng's "Nurse's Diary", Xie Jin's "Furong Town", "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" and other classics; there are more animations, documentaries, Japanese movies, which one do you want to watch the most? Xiaobu will continue to update Oh!
Classic unit
The Princess Sissi Trilogy
"Princess Sissi"
Release Date: (1955)
Director: Ernst Marishka
Starring: Romi Schneider / Carl Heinz Borm / Magda Schneider / Uta Franz / Gustav Knut
Synopsis: Sissi was born into an aristocratic family in Bavaria, and in order to attend her sister Helen's engagement to Franz, the heir to the Austrian throne, her mother brought Sissi to Austria. The mischievous Sissi sneaks out to go fishing, but unexpectedly encounters Franz, and her smile deeply touches Franz. At the birthday celebration, Franz disobeys his mother Sophie's wishes and declares Sissi as his queen. Although there are lovers who eventually become dependents, this love is about to face a test.
Princess Sissi 2: The Young Queen
Released: 1956
Starring: Romi Schneider / Carl Heinz Boehm / Magda Schneider / Gustav Knut / Wilma De Gischer
Synopsis: After the grand Royal Wedding in Vienna, Sissi begins the life of empress, but it is very difficult to get along with the empress sophie, and the stubborn Sophie makes her son Franz adhere to the royal conventions as much as herself. After the birth of her daughter, Franz did not allow Sissi to raise her daughter according to royal rules. A sad Sissi returned to Bavaria alone, Franz was so guilty that he chased after his wife to return to Austria, and Sophie was forced to agree to the mother-daughter reunion. After that, Sissi accompanied Franz on many trips, where they were warmly welcomed and crowned king and queen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Princess Sissi 3: The Queen's Fate
Release Date: (1957)
Starring: Romi Schneider / Karl Heinz Böhm / Magda Schneider / Gustav Knut / Uta Franz
Synopsis: Franz is buried in state affairs, but her mother Sophie has repeatedly interfered in the government, and even spread rumors about Sissi and Count Anderson. When Sissi was diagnosed with severe tuberculosis, she had to be separated from her daughter again. Sissi is sent to a remote island for recuperation, and she gradually recovers from her mother's meticulous care. After recovering from her illness, Sissi accompanied Franz on a visit to northern Italy, where there were people hostile to the royal family. But when Sissi and their daughter, who had been separated for many days, were reunited in St. Mark's Square, the people were touched by the warm affection and the kindness of Sissi.
French New Wave film "The Elevator to the Gallows"
The Elevator to the Gallows Release Date: 1958 Director: Louis Mahler
Stills from The Elevator to the Gallows
Synopsis: The film tells the story of a building in Paris in the shadow of the Algerian war, a cheating woman who colluded with her lover to murder her husband, was framed and killed an old couple during her escape and became a wanted criminal. The film is filled with a gloomy atmosphere of accident and desire.
4k repair unit
Hitchcock works
Butterfly Dream
Released: 1940
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Lawrence Oliver / Joan Fontaine / George Sanders / Judith Anderson / Nigel Bruce
Synopsis: A young woman and Derwent, the owner of Mandley Manor, meet for the first time on a cliff by the sea, after which the two fall in love and become a couple. The young woman thus moved into Mandley Manor and became the hostess of the place. But she found that the manor was full of shadows of Derwent's ex-wife Rebecca, and that the housekeeper, Mrs. Danfoss, was obsessed with Rebecca and hated the new owner. Rebecca's shadow fills mandalities like a nightmare, and things start to get more and more complicated... The film won two awards at the 13th Academy Awards, Best Picture and Best Cinematography.
Ecstasy
Released: 1958
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart / Kim Novak / Barbara Bell Godis / Tom Hermo
Synopsis: Officer Scotty falls from a height during an operation, so he suffers from a fear of heights, so he has to quit his job as a private investigator. One day, classmate Gavin finds Scotty and entrusts him with stalking his wife, Marlen, who is suspected of having psychophobia. Gavin believes his wife was cursed by her deceased great-grandmother. Scotty thought Gavin's idea was naïve, but took on the task anyway. He saw Marlen staring at his great-grandmother's portrait for hours on end, went to the cemetery, and saved Marlen, who tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Was Marlen really cursed? What kind of conspiracy is behind this?
Works by Henri-Giorgio Cruzot
The Price of Fear
Released: 1953
Director: Henry-Georges Cruzot
Starring: Starring: Yves Mondang / Charles VanEl / Peter van Eck / Volco Lully / Vera Clausot
Synopsis: An oil well 500 kilometers away from the town is on fire, and in order to extinguish the fire, the unscrupulous oil company boss hires idle homeless people in the upper reaches of the town to drive two trucks filled with nitroglycerin to the scene of the fire. In the end, Mario, the unemployed vagabond, The seriously ill Ruch, the unemployed tavern owner Bamba, and the down-and-out businessman Ruo four embark on this desperate journey for honoraria... The film won the Palme d'Or at the 6th Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.
The Devil
Released: 1955
Starring: Simon Signelle / Vera Clausot / Paul Merres
Demon poster
Synopsis: At LaSalle Boarding School, the female teacher Christina and her husband and principal Michel De La Salle have a bad relationship, and De La Sal is usually very macho and treats his wife very roughly. After a long period of consideration, Christina decides to get rid of her husband, and after persuasion from another teacher and girlfriend, Nicul, they decide to carry out a murder plan...
Works by Jean Viggo
Impressions of Nice
Released: 1930
Synopsis: Impressions of Nice is an "urban symphony" documentary featuring the southern French coastal city of Nice. At the annual Nice Carnival, people from the rich and leisure class come here for a holiday, leisurely enjoying the beach and the sun, while the poor people living in the old town live a life of poverty.
"Swimming Champion Tarris"
Released: 1931
Synopsis: This is Jean Vigo filming a swimming instructional film by French swimming champion Taris. In this documentary, Jean Viggo experimented with underwater photography, which also provided him with experience shooting diving footage in Barge Atlanta.
"Zero Points in Conduct"
Released: 1933
Starring: Jean Dusty / Robert Le Furlong
Synopsis: Students from a boarding school in France return to a prison-like campus after the holidays. Life here is monotonous and repetitive, and students are often reprimanded and corporally punished by their teachers, and the slightest resistance will be severely punished with zero points for conduct. This oppressive atmosphere was unbearable for the lively and active children. On the day of the school day, angry students finally occupied the harsh boarding school.
Barge Atlanta
Released: 1934
Starring: Michel Simon / Dita Parlo / Jean Dust
Synopsis: The story begins with a wedding where the captain of the barge Atlanta marries Juliet, a beautiful country girl. After marriage, Juliet soon got tired of the monotonous and boring life on the ship, and gradually longed for the bustle of the big city of Paris. Soon, Juliet quietly left and went to Paris alone, where the captain angrily sailed away. After the separation, the captain missed Juliet so much that he did not keep it all the time. Juliet, who has been living in Paris, will eventually choose to stay in this bustling city, or return to the Atlanta and return to her beloved husband?
"Campus Monster"
Synopsis: In recent years, another untitled, longer copy of another edition of Conduct Zero was found in the Milan Film Archive, which retains more detail than its 1945 re-release version and is thought to be from the original film from 1933.
"Winter Scene"
Synopsis: The archival film Winter Scene is over 1 hour long and includes deprecated footage from Barge Atlanta and some of the newly discovered original Jean Viggo filming footage.
"Graduate"
Release Date: 1967 Director: Mike Nix
Stills from "The Graduate"
Synopsis: The protagonist Benjamin has just graduated from college and is very confused about his future. At this time he met Mrs. Robinson, who was naturally affectionate. During their date, Benjamin met Robinson's daughter Elaine and was deeply attracted to her youthful innocence. Benjamin confided in his love and began a relationship with Elaine, which was strongly opposed by Mrs. Robinson.
"Tribute to the Masters" section
Works by Buñuel
"Villitiana"
Released: 1961
Starring: Silvia Pinar / Francisco Laval / Fernando Rey / Jose Calvo / Margarita Lozano
Synopsis: During the many years of Virliana's sisterhood, Mamma suggests that she visit her patron uncle Haimai. Unexpectedly, Haimai is emotional because Villiana looks exactly like his wife... In 1961, the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Maid's Diary
Released: 1964
Starring: Michel Piccoli / Jeanne Morrow
Synopsis: The protagonist of the film is an introverted and cultured woman, Selestine, who came to Provence from Paris to work as a maid for a high-society family. She soon discovered that it was a rather eroded family, full of hypocrisy and quirks. Just as Celestine was about to leave here and return to Paris, a sudden murder made her change her mind, and Celestine decided to investigate and find out the truth of the incident.
"Daytime Beauty"
Released: 1967
Starring: Catherine Deneuve / Jean Sorrier / Michel Piccoli / Gineveve Peggy
Synopsis: At home, she is a noble and virtuous wife, and when she comes to the sound occasion, she completely releases herself. There, Seprina became acquainted with a variety of characters, and marcel, a professional killer, grew closer to her. "Daytime Beauty" won the Golden Lion Award at the 1967 Venice Film Festival.
Tristana
Released: 1970
Starring: Catherine Deneuve / Fernando Rey / Franco Nero
Synopsis: Before her death, Tristana's mother entrusts her to don Lupp's care. The aging Rub has no worries, a strong personality, and values honor. Tristana feels depressed at Lupp's house, and on an outing, she meets a young painter who gives her hope for love...
The Prudent Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Released: 1972
Starring: Fernando Rey / Paul Francel / Defiin Serrig / Bill Augier / Jean-Pierre Cassel
Synopsis: The film tells the story of six middle-class people who constantly want to try to eat together, but are always interrupted unexpectedly, so they can't enjoy the blessings. They planned a total of 8 dinners in the film, but they could not achieve it for various reasons, including remembering the date of the dinner, accidentally encountering a funeral in a tavern, interfering with military exercises, etc., and even later, the situation became more and more strange... The film won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the 1974 British Academy Film and Television Arts Award for Best Screenplay.
Hazy Desire
Release date: 1977
Starring: Fernando Rey / Carol Bugai / Angela Molina / Julian Berto
Synopsis: The French gentleman Madeo returns from Spain in a car, where he meets a mother and daughter, a dwarf and a brother's friend. Before the train started, a woman rushed to her with her luggage, and Madeo poured a bucket of cold water on her, and his behavior puzzled everyone. Back in the carriage, Madeo told the others what had happened...
Works by Ingmar Bergman
"Bad Girl Monica"
Release year: 1953
Starring: Harriet Anderson/Russ Eckerberg/Dagmar Albertson
Synopsis: Monica, a 17-year-old rebellious girl, runs away from home and enjoys a happy time of freedom with her favorite boy Harry in a stolen dinghy. After discovering that she was unexpectedly pregnant, the two married, but Monica's life changed dramatically.
Wild Strawberries
Release year: 1957
Starring: Victor Shestrom / Bibi Anderson / Ingrid Turing / Gunnar Bjørnstrand
Synopsis: The protagonist of the story, Isaac, is a 78-year-old man with great achievements in medicine, but due to his cold and lonely personality, his later life is bleak. During his journey to the university to receive honorary doctoral recognition, he had several different dreams in which Isaac reminisced, examined his life, and completed a journey of spiritual redemption.
The Seventh Seal
Starring: Gunnar Bujonstrand / Bent Echerote / Nils Pope / Max von Sudov
Synopsis: The story of "The Seventh Seal" takes place in the Middle Ages, when the Crusader knight Bullock returns with his retinue Jones on the crusade, and on the way encounters the black-clad Grim Reaper, who gambles a game of chess with the Grim Reaper, and victory or defeat is life and death. At a time when the plague was raging in Europe, Bullock met all kinds of people and witnessed the good and evil of human nature. He finally understood that it was not blind faith that could save people, but a passion for life and the mutual love of human beings.
"Masquerade"
Release year: 1966
Starring: Bibby Anderson / Liv Uman / Margarita Crook / Guner Bjørnstrand
Virgin Springs
Release year: 1960
Starring: Max von Sudov / Vegeta Valberg / Gunel Lindebrom / Vegeta Petersson
Synopsis: "Virgin Springs" is one of Bergman's masterpieces, which won the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The farmers, Mr. and Mrs. Tao, ask their daughter Karin to send a bundle of candles to the church, but halfway through Karin is brutally killed by shepherds. In the midst of the yin and yang, the shepherd came to stay at Tao'er's farm, and Taoer, who learned the truth, personally killed the murderer...
"Still in the Mirror"
Release year: 1961
Starring: Harriet Anderson / Gunnar Bhujørnstrand / Max von Suddorff
Synopsis: The heroine of the film, Karen, inherits her mother's mental illness, and under the arrangement of the writer's father David, she comes to a closed island for recuperation, accompanied by David, Karen's boyfriend Martin and brother Minas. Martin is a doctor who believes Karen has the potential to heal. His younger brother Minas, who is in a state of adolescence, is talented but has a somewhat anxious personality. After the four of them settled on the island, the uneasiness in their hearts slowly grew... "Still in the Mirror" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962.
"Silence"
Release year: 1963
Starring: Ingrid Thurin / Gounell Lindebrom
Synopsis: The story revolves around a pair of sisters, East, a translator with lung cancer, who takes the train back to Sweden with her sister Anna and nephew John, and the three of them stay in an old hotel. One day, Anna met a bartender, and she took the bartender back to the room in front of her sister, which caused a fierce reaction from her sister, and the contradiction between the two broke out completely.
Jackal Moments
Release year: 1968
Starring: Max von Sudov / Liv Uman / Yatrud Fried / George Lederberg
Synopsis: The painter John and his wife Irma live on an isolated island, and strange dreams haunt John, which he records in a sketchbook. One day, the owner of the castle, Mekan, asked them to visit the castle, and when they arrived at the castle, Irma discovered that these people had appeared in her husband's sketchbook, and she begged him to stay away from them. Back at home, John confided in his wife the secret of his heart, which had turned out to have killed a child on the edge of a cliff. The next day, John came to the castle again and saw the ritual of the devil...
Shouts and Whispers
Release year: 1972
Starring: Harriet Anderson / Carly Sylvan / Ingrid Turing / Liv Uman / Erlan Josephson
Synopsis: The protagonists of the story, Agnes, Maria and Karin, each face the hardships of life. Agnes was terminally ill for a short time, she had not received her mother's love, and before she died, she wanted to ease the tension between her sisters, but it backfired; although Maria was her mother's favorite child, her love life was a mess, and she hesitated between her husband and lover; Karin's life was full of depression, and her relationship with her husband was deadlocked, so that she could only rely on self-abuse to vent.
Autumn Sonata
Release year: 1978
Starring: Ingrid Bergman / Liv Uman / Lena Niemann
Synopsis: The Autumn Sonata tells the story of a mother and daughter. Charlotte is a good pianist, but as a mother, she can be described as a failure, and there is a deep emotional gap between her and her daughter Eva, and there has been no communication for seven years. After learning of the death of Charlotte's second husband, Eva invited her mother to come and live with her, and the two tried to get along, but it was inevitable that the past would be revived. "Autumn Sonata" was nominated twice at the 51st Academy Awards and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year.
Fanny and Alexander
Release year: 1982
Starring: Christina Adolfson / Berger Astor / Penina Orway
Plot: Oscar and his wife Emily run a theater, and one day Oscar suddenly suffered a stroke during rehearsal on stage, and died a few days later, leaving Emily and a pair of children: ten-year-old Alexander and five-year-old Fanny. Emily remarried the young bishop Edward with her two children, but this man was a ruthless and cruel hypocrite who put the two children under house arrest in order to control Emily. With the help of the merchant Isaac, they finally escaped from the Cave and Edward was burned to death. The film won the 56th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Foreign Language Film.
Wang Danfeng's "Nurse's Diary"
The Nurse's Diary
Released: 1957
Director: Tao Jin
Starring: Wang Danfeng / Tang Huada / Li Wei / Huang Wansu
Synopsis: Nursing school student Jian Suhua (Wang Danfeng) ignores the opposition of her lover Shen Haoru, and when she graduates, she is willing to obey the organization's assignment and support the construction of the motherland's frontier, and comes to work at a construction site medical station in the north. However, Mo Jiabin, the director of the construction site medical station, and Gu Huiying, a nurse, only cared about love and neglected their work, the workers had great opinions, and the arrival of Jian Suhua made Mo Jiabin pay great tribute to him, which caused Gu Huiying's misunderstanding...
Xie Jin works
Hibiscus Town 4K (1986)
Starring: Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen
Film description: The film is adapted from Gu Hua's novel of the same name, and won 5 awards such as best feature film and best actress at the 7th Golden Rooster Awards in 1987, and won the best feature film, best actor and best actress awards at the 10th Hundred Flowers Awards.
The Wrangler (1982)
Starring: Zhu Shimao, Cong Shan
Synopsis: The film is adapted from Zhang Xianliang's famous work "Spirit and Flesh", which won the 1982 Chinese Ministry of Culture Excellent Film Award, and the 6th Hundred Flowers Award for Best Feature Film in 1983.
The Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1981)
Starring: Shi Weijian, Wang Fuli, Shi Jianlan, Zhong Xinghuo, Hong Xuemin, Niu Ben
Film Description: "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain" won the 1980 Chinese Ministry of Culture Excellent Film Award, the 1981 First Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards Best Feature Film Award, Best Director Award, Best Cinematography Award, Best Art Award, and the 4th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards Best Feature Film Award.
Stage Sisters 4K (1965)
Starring: Xie Fang, Cao Yindi, Shangguan Yunzhu
Synopsis: In the early 1940s, Yue opera artists Zhu Chunhua and Xing Yuehong sang opera in Shaoxing and were persecuted by local evil forces. Before their deaths, Master Xing instructed them to sing seriously and behave innocently. Three years later, spring flowers and moon red sang red on the beach. Chunhua cleanses herself and loves herself and sings seriously. Yuehong loves vanity and marries the theater owner Tang Manager...
Big Li Xiao Li and Old Li (1962)
Starring: Yao Debing, Liu Xiasheng, Fan Haha, Wen Binbin
Synopsis: Da Li, chairman of the trade union of a meat processing factory in Shanghai, is a warm-hearted person, although he is active in his work, he does not love sports, and his physical condition is very bad. The workshop director Lao Li believes that work is far more important than sports, and is very dissatisfied with his son Xiao Li, who has to engage in sports activities in the factory all day long. After being elected as the chairman of the sports association of the factory, The new official of Da Li took office with three fires, not only became a sports enthusiast himself, but also successfully mobilized lao Li to participate in exercise, and the sports of the whole factory have been vigorously carried out since then.
The Red Detachment of Women (1960)
Starring: Zhu Xijuan, Wang Xingang, Xiang Mei, Jin Naihua, Chen Qiang, Niu Ben, Statement
Synopsis: In 1930, in the Wuzhi Mountains of Hainan Island, a revolutionary armed detachment organized by working women, the Red Women's Army, was established. Wu Qionghua, a slave of the large landlord Nanba Tianjia, joined the Lady Scout Army with the help and guidance of Hong Changqing, a representative of the Niangzi Army. After Hong Changqing's heroic righteousness, Wu Qionghua resolutely took up the heavy burden, led the Lady Scout Army to join the main force, liberated the Coconut Grove Village, and Nan Batian finally got the end he deserved. The film won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor Awards at the 1st Hundred Flowers Awards in 1962, the third place at the Bandung Awards at the 3rd Asian Film Festival in 1964, and the Chinese Film Century Award in 1995.
Women's Basketball No. 5 (1957)
Starring: Liu Qiong, Qin Yi, Cao Qiwei, Yu Mingde
Synopsis: Before liberation, Lin Jie, the daughter of the owner of the Shanghai Donghua basketball team, fell in love with the team leader Tian Zhenhua. In a match with foreign sailors, the boss took bribes and designated the loss, but Tian Zhenhua won the ball out of national pride. The film was the first sports-themed colour feature film made in New China, which won the Silver Medal of the 6th World Youth Festival and the Silver Hat Award at the Mexico International Film Festival in 1960.
Documentary screening unit
Fang Xiuying
Director: Wang Bing
Country/Region of Production: France / China / Germany
Synopsis: The film filmed the last ten days of the life of an ordinary Chinese elderly man, Fang Xiuying, who died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Book Edge: New York Public Library
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Country of Production: United States
Synopsis: The film chronicles events in the new York Public Library space: reader loan inquiries, public services, lectures and discussions on public issues, social activities dedicated to helping the poor and the disabled, and free training for the poor and children in computer use. The film was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival and won the Best Documentary Honor at the 52nd National Film Critics Association Awards.
"Japan Country vs Izumi-nan Asbestos Village"
Director: Hara Kazuo
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Synopsis: At the end of the Meiji period in Japan, the asbestos industry was once prosperous in the Sennan area of Osaka, but asbestos also had great harm to the human body. Some angry former workers, along with their families and enthusiasts, took the government to court in one fell swoop, demanding a confession and compensation. The difficulty of this process is beyond the imagination of many people, and many patients have not waited for the day of victory, and have died in despair and unwillingness...
《Mental Hospital 12 Heaven》
Director: Raymond de Pardon
Country/Region of Production: France
Synopsis: "12 Days in a Mental Hospital" focuses on some patients in a psychiatric hospital in Lyon, France, showing their real experiences over the course of 12 days. The film consists of more than a dozen trials, interspersed with photographs of mental hospitals and patients, and the camera listens quietly.
Jane
Director: Brett Morgan
Synopsis: The protagonist of the film is Jane Goodall, a zoologist with a high reputation in the world, who traveled to the primeval forests of Africa in her twenties to observe chimpanzees, where she spent thirty-eight years in the wild, and later traveled all over the world all year round, calling on people to protect wild animals and protect the earth's environment.
"Face, Village"
Poster of "Faces, Villages"
Synopsis: The 89-year-old Varda invites the 33-year-old young photography artist Jean Genet to collaborate, and the two leave the big city and drive a van through the French countryside. They talked to people they met, took pictures of them, and then selected the most distinctive portraits to make huge posters and paste them on the buildings, which once became a local landmark.
Cartoon units
The 21st Shanghai International Film Festival specially prepared a number of video programs with experimental attributes for screening. One of the most important highlights is the film special screening of American animation master Susan Pitt. This is also the first time that the Shanghai International Film Festival has screened the works of an animation master in a separate exhibition in the animation section.
"Asparagus"
Release date: 1979
Synopsis: "Asparagus" won a prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival.
"Happy Street"
Released: 1995
Synopsis: "Happy Street" won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
The Doctor
Release date: 2006
Synopsis: The film tells the story of a Mexican drunkard doctor. He misses his youth and longs for death. However, in the hallucinations of drunkenness, he witnessed miracles in the patients...
"Heavenly Punishment"
Release date: 2011
Synopsis: "Heavenly Punishment" originates from Susan Pitt's fantasy influenced by the American fantasy writer Lovecraft. The film marked the beginning of a whole new creative phase for her.
"Foot Ball"
Release date: 2013
Synopsis: "Foot Ball" is Susan Pitt's first digital work, and she conveys the strong and painful emotions of the characters through fast montage editing and "mechanical ballet" music.
Susan Pitt: Obsession with Imagery
Synopsis: Directed by Susan's children Brunen and Laura Clannin, the film chronicles Susan Pitt's award-winning films Asparagus and the behind-the-scenes story of Fun Street and The Doctor, telling the evolution of her entire filmmaking career.
Japanese film single unit
The Bride Spanning 8 Years
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Keihisa Setze
Screenwriter: Keikazu Okada
Starring: Ken Sato / Taiki Tsuchiya / Kazuki Kitamura / Ryota Hamano / Yuri Nakamura
Description: Shoshi and Mai are an enviable loving couple. However, just 3 months before the wedding, Mai suddenly fell into a coma with a rare disease called "anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis" and the doctor could not be sure whether she would wake up. A few years later, Mai finally miraculously regained consciousness, but at the same time, there was a sequelae of amnesia, which completely forgot Aboutaki, which made Still-Chi feel devastated, can the two finally get back together?
Stills from "The Bride Spanning 8 Years↑"
Blood of a Lone Wolf
Genre: Drama/Crime
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Writer: Junya Ikegami
Starring: Koji Yakusho / Tori Matsuzaka / Ryoko Maki / Ryoichi Kodo / Tomoaki Taguchi / Yosuke Eguchi
Film Description: "Blood of a Lone Wolf," which will premiere at this film festival, tells the story of Shuichi Hioka, who was sent to the Hiroshima Police Station, to investigate the disappearance of a financial company employee with the criminal police officer Akigo Daikami. Hioka was puzzled by the unusual methods of investigation. At the same time, beginning with the disappearances, the rivalry between opposing mafia groups intensified. At this time, Ōgami came up with a bold plan...
Stills from "Blood of a Lone Wolf↑"
"Where Shoichi Kumagai is"
Type: Biography
Director/Writer: Shuichi Okita
Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Kirin Maki / Ryo Kagi / Kaito Yoshimura / Koseki Lab.
Film Description: The film tells the life experience of Shoichi Kumagai, a Japanese "art immortal", in his later years. Shoichi Kumagai died at the age of 97 after spending 30 years barely leaving home and devoting himself to depicting the garden's creation of the "Fairy Tale". In his later years, he lived with his beloved wife, Hideko, and every day he had a different visit: young photographers, spa innkeepers, neighbors such as Mr. and Mrs. Saburō.
Stills from "The Place Where Shoichi Kumagai is"
Kennel
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Director: Nobusuke Sato
Writers: Hiroshi Hashimoto / Oh Hiroya
Starring: Takeshi Kinashi / Ken Sato / Kanata Honso / Fumi Niyodo / Ayaka Miyoshi
Film Description: Unknown alien creatures are reborn in Order not to affect the order of the earth. They become super "human beings" who are human in appearance but mechanical in body, and have excellent combat ability. What would two "mechanical humans" with their own will do? The film will have its international premiere at this year's festival.
Stills from "Kennel"↑
Aerial Tires
Genre: Drama/Suspense
Director: Katsuyo Ben
Writers: Minfu Hayashi / Jun Ikei
Starring: Tomoya Nagase / Indigo Fujioka / Issei Takahashi / Kyoko Fukada / Kazutoku Kishibe
Film Description: Tokuro Akamatsu is a down-to-earth owner of a small transportation company who has been working hard to maintain the business. One day, a tire in the company's van flew out, killing a young mother. At a time when the police and the media believed he was the murderer, Akamatsu found out that similar accidents had occurred all over the country, all involving vehicles from the major automaker Hope Motors. In order to prove his innocence, Akamatsu single-handedly challenged large enterprises. The film will be released at the Shanghai International Film Festival in tandem with Japan.
The Witch of Laplace
Genre: Suspense/Mystery
Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Hiroyuki Yatsutsu / Keigo Higashino
Starring: Sho Sakurai / Suzu Hirose / Fukushi Akari / Tadasuke Okamoto / Masanobu Takashima
Film Description: The film is adapted from Keigo Higashino's novel "The Witch of Laplace": Shusuke Aoe, a university professor who is a geochemistry researcher, is commissioned by the police to investigate two mysterious cases, and meets a young girl who can predict the future at the scene of the crime, and the two begin to search for another key figure in the case- the missing young kane. It was at this time that the 3rd case occurred...
Special screening of "British Women's Literary Films"
You Never Were Here (2017)
Director: Lynn Ramsey
Writers: Lynn Ramsey / Jonathan Emes
Starring: Jacqueline Phoenix / Ecaterina Samsonov / Alessandro Nivola
Synopsis: This is a work written by the director himself based on the short stories of American writer Jonathan Ramsey. The film won the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Wuthering Heights (2011)
Director: Andrea Arnold
Writers: Emily Brontë / Olivia Hetrid
Starring: Kaya Skodario / Nicola Burleigh / Steve Everts / Oliver Milburn
Synopsis: Wuthering Heights is based on Emily Brontë's literary classic of the same name and tells the intricate love story that takes place in a manor called Wuthering Heights: Mr. O'Shaw, a Yorkshire Hills farmer, adopts the homeless little boy Heathcliff, but the little boy falls in love with the farmer's daughter Kathy, thus beginning a entanglement of desire and feelings.
"Growth Education" (2009)
Director: Basil Shafi
Writers: Lynn Babel / Nick Hornbee
Starring: Carey Mulligan / Peter Sassgaard / Alfred Molina
Synopsis: "Growing Up Education" won the Audience Choice Award and The Cinematography Award at the 25th Sundance Film Festival in 2009, and was also nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010 for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film tells the story of a young girl who is seduced by a mature man and witnesses the complex rules of the adult world prematurely.
Sense and Sensibility 4K Restored Edition (1995)
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Emma Thompson / Jane Austen
Starring: Emma Thompson / Kate Winslet / Hugh Grant / Alan Rickman / Tom Wilkinson
Synopsis: Sense and Sensibility is based on a literary classic of the same name by British household name female writer Jane Austen.
Orlando (1992)
Director: Sally Potter
Writers: Sally Potter / Virginia Woolf
Starring: Tilda Swinton / Billy Zane / Quentin Crisp / John Bot
Synopsis: Orlando is based on the literary classics of Virginia Woolf, a pioneer of modernism and feminism. This magical novel creates a magical image of "immortality and immortality", which travels through hundreds of years of British history and finally completes the awakening of gender and the individual.
The Taste of Honey (1961)
Director: Tony Richardson
Writers: Sheila Delaney / Tony Richardson
Starring: Dora Brian / Robert Stephens / Rita Tacitham / Murray Melvin
Synopsis: "The Taste of Honey" is a representative film in the field of theater where kitchen sink realism and the British free film movement sparked. The film is based on the first play completed by the famous British dramatist Sheila Delaney at the age of 19.
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Source: Shanghai International Film Festival Organizing Committee
Editor: Liu Yusi