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As a child Kohei Takahara grew up with Wim Wenders as an executive
director: Kanji
Nakajima
in an idyllic country setting with his producer, this is not a typical
Runtime: 110mins
mother and twin brother. One day, Japanese sci-fi film. Beautiful,
Year: 2008
his brother drowns trying to save his subdued cinematography sets the country: Japan
life whilst Kohei grows up to be an mood for this philosophical, art-house
Language:
Japanese/English
astronaut, only to lose his own life film that is reminiscent of ‘Solaris’ or
subtitles
in an accident. wender’s ‘Until the end of the world’. Format: Digibeta
Source: Agung Inc
As part of a special programme It is certainly one of the more
he is legally resurrected as a ambitious and thought-provoking
clone. contrary to the scientists’ sci-fi films to come out of Japan in
expectations, Kohei’s clone reverts recent years, and addresses many
to the childhood memories of when moral and spiritual issues relating
his twin brother drowned. when the to cloning that action-packed
clone discovers his original body he Hollywood films such as ‘The Island’
believes it is his deceased twin, and were unwilling or unable to do.
sets off on a journey to his old home,
carrying his corpse. The scientists
create a second, improved clone
that goes to look for the first one.
what discovery will the second clone
of Kohei make in the ruins of his
hometown?
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LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009 5
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