Sketches of Kaitan City - DVD Box (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2

Before his death in 1990, novelist Sato Yasushi wrote 18 short stories for an incomplete anthology. Those stories were eventually published as the novel Kaitanshi Jokei. The ambitious collection was a sprawling work about the lives of people living in a fictional seaside town in northern Japan (modeled after Sato's home city of Hakodate). Now, director Kumikiri Kazuyoshi (Freesia) brings five of those stories to life in the critically acclaimed drama Sketches of Kaitan City. Set around one New Year's Eve, Sketches of Kaitan City is a bleak and powerful examination of a city where hope is in short supply, but its people nevertheless carry on.

Despite the somber subject matter, the film was a passion project for executive producer Sugiwara Kazuhiko, who managed to gather Hakodate residents to help bring the film to the big screen. The efforts of a committee made up of 20 Hakodate locals that followed even helped raise 12 million yen for the making of the film, making Sketches of Kaitan City a stellar example of community filmmaking.

The seaside city of Kaitan is not a happy place – the shipyard is downsizing due to poor economic conditions, and the city's residents are about to face another harsh northern winter. Sketches of Kaitan City offers five of the many stories concurrently happening in this city - A shipyard worker (Takehara Pistol) who has lost his job and can't afford to take care of his younger sister (Tanimura Mitsuki), an old woman (Nakazato Aki) who refuses to give up her home for redevelopment facing forced eviction, a planetarium owner (Kobayashi Kaoru) whose relationship with his family is quickly deteriorating, a young owner of a gas cylinder company (Kase Ryo) with plenty to be frustrated about, and a streetcar driver (Nishibori Shigeki) whose only son (Miura Masaki) refuses to visit him on a trip home from Tokyo. These characters may not seem like they have much to celebrate about on this New Year's Eve, but they each discover their own way to continue their lives.

DVD Box includes making of, stage events, press conference, and trailers. It also comes with a set of ten postcards.

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Product Title:	Sketches of Kaitan City - DVD Box (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) 海炭市敘景 - DVD Box (DVD) (2DVDs) (英文字幕) (日本版) 海炭市叙景 - DVD Box (DVD) (2DVDs) (英文字幕) (日本版) 海炭市叙景 DVD-BOX Sketches of Kaitan City - DVD Box (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Also known as:	Kaitanshi Jyokei Kaitanshi Jyokei Kaitanshi Jyokei Kaitanshi Jyokei Kaitanshi Jyokei
Artist Name(s):	Kobayashi Kaoru | Minami Kaho | Kase Ryo | Tanimura Mitsuki | Takehara Pistol | Ito Yuko | Omori Tatsushi | Agata Morio | Miura Masaki | Yamanaka Takashi | Murakami Jun 小林薰 | 南果步 | 加瀨亮 | 谷村美月 | Takehara Pistol | 伊藤裕子 | 大森立嗣 | Agata Morio | 三浦誠己 | 山中崇 | 村上淳 小林薰 | 南果步 | 加濑亮 | 谷村美月 | Takehara Pistol | 伊藤裕子 | 大森立嗣 | Agata Morio | 三浦诚己 | 山中崇 | 村上淳 小林薫 | 南果歩 | 加瀬亮 | 谷村美月 | 竹原ピストル | 伊藤裕子 | 大森立嗣 | あがた森魚 | 三浦誠己 | 山中崇 | 村上淳 Kobayashi Kaoru | Minami Kaho | 카세 료 | Tanimura Mitsuki | Takehara Pistol | Ito Yuko | Omori Tatsushi | Agata Morio | Miura Masaki | Yamanaka Takashi | Murakami Jun
Director:	Kumakiri Kazuyoshi 熊切和嘉 熊切和嘉 熊切和嘉 Kumakiri Kazuyoshi
Release Date:	2011-11-03
Publisher Product Code:	BWD-2149
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English
Place of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Other Information:	2DVDs
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1024741761

タイトル : 海炭市叙景 DVD-BOX 出演 : 谷村美月／竹原ピストル／加瀬亮／三浦誠己／山中崇／南果歩／小林薫 監督 : 佐藤泰志(原作)／熊切和嘉(監督)／ジム・オルーク(音楽)／宇治田隆史(脚本)／近藤龍人(撮影)／藤井勇(照明) その冬、海炭市では、造船所が縮小し、解雇されたふたりの兄妹が、なけなしの小銭を握りしめ、初日の出を見るために山に昇ったのです…。プラネタリウムで働く男は妻の裏切りに傷つき、燃料店の若社長は苛立ちを抑えきれず、父と折り合いの悪い息子は帰郷しても父と会おうとせず、立退きを迫られた老婆の猫はある日姿を消したのです…。どれも小さな、そして、どこにでもあるような出来事です。そんな人々の間を路面電車は走り、その上に雪が降り積もります。誰もが、失ってしまったものの大きさを感じながら、後悔したり、涙したり、それでも生きていかなければならないのです。海炭市でおきたその冬の出来事は、わたしたちの物語なのかもしれません。 わたしたちは、あの場所に戻るのだ。函館の現在を鋭いまなざしで描き、キネマ旬報ベストテン、毎日映画コンクール他、各映画祭で絶賛！佐藤泰志ブームを生みだすきっかけとなった傑作映画が待望のリリース！ 映像特典:メイキング／東京国際映画祭での記者会見／函館完成披露試写会での舞台挨拶／予告編 テクニカル・インフォメーション 色 : カラー 画面 : 16:9 言語／音声 : 日本語:ステレオ その他の情報 製作年 : 2010 著作権 : （C）2010佐藤泰志／『海炭市叙景』製作委員会 備考 : 2枚組 本編ディスク＋特典ディスク デジパック 封入特典：ポストカード10枚／映像特典収録 日本小売価格 : ￥5800

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