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Kuichisan on 35mm
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Kuichisan, dir. Maiko Endo, Japan 2011, 76 min.


A young boy (Raizo Ishihara) in Okinawa searches for an outlet for his spirituality, encountering the magical force of Nature and the history behind the creation of a place that is not quite American yet not Japanese. The boy, who seems to live on the outskirts of an already outsider society, likes to get a cola float and watch the American soldiers get their tacos. People around the town prepare for summertime festivals, welcoming ancestors and ghosts. A gang of abandoned children, barefoot and homeless, wreaks havoc amid the ruins of the once prosperous city. As reality seems to melt and drift, the boy sips his cola float and waits for the end of the world.

The screening on 22 October will be followed by an in-person Q&A with filmmaker Maiko Endo, hosted by curator, Hyun Jin Cho.
 
06:30 pm
Tue, 22 Oct 2024
Cinema 1
12:45 pm
Sat, 26 Oct 2024
Cinema 1
01:45 pm
Sun, 27 Oct 2024
Cinema 1
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Cinema 1
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