Harimano
2004
There's a place I'm very attached to: Harimano. My father used to take me there every year to visit my grandparents. One day, I asked him why he was the only one in his family living in Tokyo. I was surprised to learn it was because of political discrimination. I never imagined such a thing existed in Japan. Wasn't he a political refugee in his own country? Suddenly, his past intrigued me. I wanted to go back to Harimano with him to understand the source of his commitment.
Credits
Director: Aya Tanaka
Cinematography: Valentine Paulus
Sound: Aya Tanaka
Sound Mixing: Manu de Boissieu
Editing: Michèle Hubinon
Music: Duke Quarcoo
Production
Cobra Films / Zeugma Films
Co-production
CBA (Centre de l'audiovisuel à Bruxelles) / Triangle7 / VOI-Sénart (TV France)
With the support of
French Community of Belgium / CNC / Procirep / AAAPA Grant / Media Program
Reviews
Harimano_01_Interview_2005.pdf
Awards
The screenplay won the Audiovisual Workshops Prize of the French Community in 2001 (AAAPA grant)
Broadcasts
Public Information Libraries (BPI - France),
TV EBS (South Korea)
VOI-Sénart
Festival(s)
Filmer à tout prix 2004 (Belgium)
Cinéma du Réel 2005 (France)
ReSisTaNcEs (France), Festiva (Seoul)
Yamagata (Japan)
Escales documentaires Festival, La Rochelle (France)
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark)
Attac Festival, in competition for the Henri Storck Prize
Visions du Réel, "All about me?" section, Nyon (Switzerland) 2006
Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival 2006
Festival des cinémas et cultures d'Asie, Lyon (France) 2006