Furusato

  • Running Through Life

Showings

Main Theater - Michigan Theater Sat, Mar 26, 2016 2:15 PM
Main Theater - Michigan Theater Sun, Mar 26, 2017 2:15 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Furusato
Globalization
Amazing Stories
Asian Focus
Features in Competition
Release Year:2016
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Production Country:Germany
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Thorsten Trimpop

Description

Furusato reveals the unusual relationship between a landscape and its inhabitants. Over the course of a thousand years, the exuberant nature of Japan's eastern coast has become interwoven in the lives of its people. Here, the earth is sacred - but now, it is tainted with the invisible danger of radiation. For those who have decided to stay, the rural scene surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power plant remains the place they call home - their furusato, the first landscape they experience as children and the last one they will see before they die. A monumental portrait of wounded nature and the unsung costs of progress, the film illuminates the struggle of daily existence amidst the greatest nuclear disaster of our time. Here, no one measures in half-lives. This is about eternity.

Included Shorts

Running Through Life (9min) More

Additional Information

Sponsor: RingSide Creative