While Emiko Hiramatsu is a rather unknown name as a director, one might know her as co-screenwriter on many of Yoji Yamada’s recent narratives, “What a Wonderful Family” (2016), “What A Wonderful Family 2” (2017)). With “Organ”, her second full-length feature, Emiko Hiramatsu takes the responsibility, both as screenwriter and as director, to frame a true war-time story.
“Organ” is screening at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Kaede Itakura (Erika Toda) is a senior child-care provider of a so called ‘war-time daycare’. While the safety of the children is of extreme importance to her, the fact that the war-time economy – weapons over words – hinders the true goal of child-care, the nurturing of the children’s sensibility in a cultural environment, affects her just as much.
When Shigeru Wakimoto (Naoki Tanaka), a childhood education researcher and owner of Togoshi daycare center arrives, he doesn’t have good news – the ministry of health and...
“Organ” is screening at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Kaede Itakura (Erika Toda) is a senior child-care provider of a so called ‘war-time daycare’. While the safety of the children is of extreme importance to her, the fact that the war-time economy – weapons over words – hinders the true goal of child-care, the nurturing of the children’s sensibility in a cultural environment, affects her just as much.
When Shigeru Wakimoto (Naoki Tanaka), a childhood education researcher and owner of Togoshi daycare center arrives, he doesn’t have good news – the ministry of health and...
- 6/10/2019
- by Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
- AsianMoviePulse
Directed by Emiko Hiramatsu and starring Erika Toda, the feature is based on a true story.
Japan’s Gaga is launching international sales at Filmart on Organ, the second feature from Emiko Hiramatsu (Seven Days Of Sunflower And Puppy) who worked with Yoji Yamada as co-screenwriter and assistant director on films including What A Wonderful Family!.
Starring Erika Toda (Code Blue) and Sakurako Ohara (The Liar And His Lover), the film is based on a true story from the Second World War when young nursery school teachers evacuated dozens of children from Tokyo to save their lives. Under the threat of bombing,...
Japan’s Gaga is launching international sales at Filmart on Organ, the second feature from Emiko Hiramatsu (Seven Days Of Sunflower And Puppy) who worked with Yoji Yamada as co-screenwriter and assistant director on films including What A Wonderful Family!.
Starring Erika Toda (Code Blue) and Sakurako Ohara (The Liar And His Lover), the film is based on a true story from the Second World War when young nursery school teachers evacuated dozens of children from Tokyo to save their lives. Under the threat of bombing,...
- 3/17/2019
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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