// Moving
Shinji Sômai
// Japon // 1993
// 124 min // Couleur // 1:66
Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. An old man teaches her about the need to forget the past...
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR
Born in Morioka on January 13, 1948. After studying at Chūō University (Tokyo), he joined the Nikkatsu company in 1972, where he became assistant director. He left Nikkatsu in 1976 and went freelance. Assistant director with Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Murakami Ryū and Terayama Shūji. He made his first film, The Terrible Couple, in 1980. From 1980 to 2000, he shot 13 feature films and a documentary, directed an opera, or made several short commercials. He died of lung cancer on September 9, 2001.
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