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For the third preliminary event in October, we will present a special line-up of films about mountains!

Our curatorial team of local mountaineers selected a broad variety of films raging from ethnographic documentaries directed by Kitamura Minao and the late Himeda Tadayoshi, to old and new fiction works telling dramatic stories set in the mountains. Also guests will join us for talk sessions, including Mr. Hoshino Fumihiro, one of the leading priests (yamabushi) of the holy Haguro Mountain.

YIDFF 2015 Preliminary Event 3
“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains”

• October 3 (Fri)  
13:00

Buddha Mountain
Dir: Li Yu / CHINA / 2010 / BD / 109 min

15:30

Tsurugidake—Ten no ki
Dir: Kimura Daisaku / JAPAN / 2009 / 35mm / 139 min

18:20

The Making of “Haru o seotte”
Dir: Osawa Yoshinori / JAPAN / 2014 / DCP / 60 min
* There will be a talk session after the screening with the director Osawa Yoshinori and sound engineer Ishidera Ken’ichi.

• October 4 (Sat)  
14:00

Matagi
Dir: Goto Toshio / JAPAN / 1982 / 16mm / 103 min

16:15

Echigo okumiomote—Yama ni ikasareta hibi
Dir: Himeda Tadayoshi / JAPAN / 1984 / DVD / 147 min
* There will be a talk session after the screening with Prof. Taguchi Hiromi of Tohoku University of Arts and Design

20:00

The Seburi Story
Dir: Nakajima Sadao / JAPAN / 1985 / 35mm / 103 min

• October 5 (Sun)  
13:00

Mountains, Students, and Sages
Dir: Shibata Shohei / JAPAN / 2010 / BD / 125 min
* There will be a talk session after the screening with the director Shibata Shohei.

16:15

Shugen Hagurosan aki no mine
Dir: Kitamura Minao / JAPAN / 2005 / DVD / 115 min
* here will be a talk session after the screening with the director Kitamura Minao and the priest (yamabushi) of the Haguro mountain Hoshino Fumihiro.

19:30

Gassan
Dir: Murano Tetsutaro / JAPAN / 1979 / 35mm / 103 min

There will be a special treat for visitors with rice balls made by local “tsuyahime” rice and local taro stew “imoni” in front of the theater entrance from 12:00pm on Oct 5.

[Related screenings at the Forum Yamagata]

Beyond the Edge (Sep 27–Oct 3)
The Tale of Iya (“Iya monogatari - okuno hito”) (Oct 4–Oct 10)
Pura vida—The Ridge (Oct 11–)

[Venue]

Forum Yamagata

[Admission]

Advanced ticket: 1,000 yen (1 program) / 2,400 yen (3 programs) / 5,400 yen (9 programs)

[Presented by]

“Films under the Blessing of the Great Mountains” Screening Committee

[Supported by]

Tohoku University of Arts and Design, Yamako Corporation, mont-bell Co., Ltd., Plathome, Yamagata ken shokuryo Inc., Yamagata Shokuiku Network

[Contact]

phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)