Special Screening
Cloud
Japan’s Submission for the 97th Academy Awards®
クラウド
123 min | Drama, Psychological Thriller | 2024 | Japan | Japanese | English Subs
Synopsis:
Matsuoka is a teacher at a culinary school. One day, a student, Tashiro, says something strange during the lesson: “There’s a noise, it’s like a chime. Someone is sending me a message.” The people running the school warn him that Tashiro’s a little odd, but Matsuoka isn’t bothered by it at all and continues treating him normally. However, on another day, Tashiro says, “Half of my brain has been replaced with a machine,” and takes drastic action to prove it. Some days after the incident with Tashiro, Matsuoka is teaching a female student, Akemi. Matsuoka continues teaching unenthusiastically but when she complains that a whole chicken leaves her feeling uncomfortable something incomprehensible overtakes him. Both at the school and at home, a strange dread begins to undulate in his ordinary existence…
Schedule
Nov 15, 2024 | 09:15 PM
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa was born in Kobe, Japan. His many directorial credits include Cure (98), Séance (00), Pulse (01), Bright Future (03), Tokyo Sonata (08), Real (13), Journey to the Shore (15), Daguerrotype (16), and To the Ends of the Earth (19), all of which played the Festival. Cloud (24) is his latest feature.
Credits
Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Executive Producer:
Yuki Nishimiya
Nobuhiro Iizuka
Yumi Arakawa
Cinematography:
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Editing:
Koichi Takahashi
Cast:
Kotone Furukawa
Masataka Kubota
Masaki Suda
Screenwriters:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Sound:
Shinji Watanabe
Kenji Shibasaki