Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length)
Poems of Flower Rain
- Onsite
- 7.14 (Sun) 10:30 Convention Hall
- 7.17 (Wed) 14:30 Audio Visual Hall
- Online
- 7.20 (Sat) 10:00 - 7.24 (Wed) 23:00
©Jengilpark
Director: Jengil PARK
Cast: Yuki YAMAZAKI, Yui SAITO, Kimiko OFUJI, Satoshi KAWAI, Mitsuaki HAYASHI, Amane MEGURO, Shinobu TAKEUCHI
2024 / Japan / 79min.
Harumi is an ordinary university student, preoccupied both with relationships within her family and off-hand remarks by her friends. Her older sister Reiko wants to get married, but faces opposition from her mother and those around her. Gradually the two find themselves in constant conflict—the kind that develops between people who care about one another. To love is painful, but everyone has the right to be happy. This is a story about taking charge of your own life, and finding happiness with whomever is most important to you. Jengil PARK’s Muito Prazer won the Audience Award (Japanese Short category) at IDCF2020. Yuki Yamazaki, who also appeared in that film, meticulously portrays the protagonist Harumi. Poems of Flower Rain is Park’s feature-length directorial debut, and will have its world premiere at the festival.
Director: Jengil PARK
After leaving De Anza College in California before graduating, Jengil Park successfully taught himself film production. His 2007 independent film Reckless Rock ’n’ Rollers won second place at the 9th Indies Movie Festival. His 2018 film Get On was selected for the 3 Minute Film Festival in California. Muito Prazer won the Audience Award (Japanese Short category) at IDCF2020, and was then released in theaters nationwide. Poems of Flower Rain is his first feature film.
Message
Some of you may have worries, others be always happy; some struggling, or have many friends; some lonely, some might have issues with your family, while still others may wake up raring to go each day. For all of you, no matter what your circumstance, I hope this film will change the way you see the world in some small way.
