Preparation for the Festival

Preparation for the Festival
Poster for Preparation for the Festival.
Japanese name
Kanji祭りの準備
Directed byKuroki Kazuo
Written byTakehiro Nakajima
Produced byKazu Ôtsuka
StarringJun Etô
Haruko Mabuchi
Hajime Hana
Yoshio Harada
CinematographyTatsuo Suzuki
Edited byHiroshi Asai
Music byTeizo Matsumura
Distributed byArt Theatre Guild
Release date
  • November 8, 1975 (1975-11-08)
Running time
117 min
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Preparation for the Festival (祭りの準備, Matsuri no junbi) is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Kuroki Kazuo.[1][2][3]

Plot

Tateo (Jun Etô), a mother-dominated young man who realizes that he must leave the place he loves, finding it too closed and constricting. With great affection and insight, Kuroki characterizes the villagers who surround Tateo: his neurotic mother and philandering father, who lives across town with his mistress; his grandfather, who is obsessed with the idea that he fathered a child by a promiscuous young girl; a drunken friend, etc.[4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Blue Ribbon Awards[5]

References

  1. ^ "祭りの準備とは". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "映画監督の黒木和雄氏死去". nikkan sports news. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "映画監督の黒木和雄さんが死去". シ濃く新聞. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "没後十年黒木和雄映画祭 Kazuo Kuroki Film Festival". シネマヌオーボ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Preparation for the Festival:Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 2016-02-08.


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