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Move like a Wind

Neither this shore of this life nor the other shore of the after life. Had I crossed the other shore? It was a world created by light, shadow, people, and scenery captured on a small camera. A single moment captured on a single frame of 8mm film, small enough to fit on a finger, becomes a continuous string of life when played back.I must have held my breath, steadying my handheld camera as if contemplating, as I crossed the other shore. The footage ended with a view of the ocean at dawn in the middle of winter in the northern country. No, it wasn't over. A long time ago, a friend from my film school days told me, while drunk, "You should live your life like you're singing." I was nowhere near able to live that lightly, but after that, I spent several years creating this film. I drifted with a single will, and I think I finally finished it, even though it was unfinished. At the time, I couldn't respond to my friend's words, but even now I don't know if “Move like a Wind" was my answer.

Move like a Wind

5.0 1991
Lights

"I've been screening film works for nearly 50 years, and out of the many screenings I've been to, there have been two times when the audience fainted. My work "Memories of the Seaside" and a certain work by Mari Terajima. However, Hideto Ishii's "Lights" was the only one that immediately after the screening, one audience member exclaimed, "It's amazing!" and stood up and applauded. When I thought who it was, it turned out to be the filmmaker Isao Kota. Sitting through this film for nearly 50 minutes can be a pain. However, what is unfolding here is neither a spectacular view nor a visual pleasure. If you were to ask me what it was, I would have to say "abyss." That's why I'm attracted to. As you watch this movie, you can eliminate the distractions that occupy most of your mind one by one. After just under 50 minutes, you might be able to reach some kind of catharsis." — Mikio Yamazaki

Lights

6.0 1999
Ruriiro Princess

Ruri, a ditzy high school girl who lost her parents in a fire at a young age, is now living a blissful life with her cousin Tooru, for whom she harbours romantic feelings, and his family. But one day her life is thrown into turmoil, when members of the popular j-pop band B-Flash appear before her and reveal Ruri to be a descendant of the Pulsean Moon's royal family. One by one assailants try to take her life, only to be thwarted by Tooru in their attempts. However, the fate of the two is taken to a trial once he receives a mortal wound trying to protect her.

Ruriiro Princess

NR 1992