circle circle (2012)

directed by kooy brothers
(2012, Japan)
Trailer: • 『サークルサークル』予告編
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chapters:
0:00:00 01 Prologue / Shindo I ～アヴァンタイトル／シンドー１～
0:03:57 02 Opening Title ～オープニング・タイトル～
0:06:14 03 Flat I ～アパート１～
0:10:33 04 Demon's Gate Ueno I ～鬼門上野１・寛永寺～
0:15:11 05 Shindo II ～シンドー２～
0:23:23 06 Preparation ～準備～
0:24:34 07 Imperial Palace ～江戸城跡・皇居～
0:30:31 08 Mt.Nantai / Nikko I ～男体山／日光１・二荒山神社～
0:33:16 09 Flat II ～アパート２～
0:37:19 10 Demon's Gate Ueno II ～鬼門上野２・天海上人毛髪塔～
0:41:40 11 Nikko II / Kinugawa River ～日光２・東照宮／鬼怒川～
0:45:36 12 Shindo III ～シンドー３～
0:49:28 13 Univ. of T I ～Ｔ大学１～
0:54:31 14 Fukushima I ～福島県請戸川１～
0:55:33 15 Univ. of T II ～Ｔ大学２～
0:58:55 16 Shindo IV ～シンドー４～
1:01:57 17 Circle Circle I ～サークルサークル１～
1:03:50 18 Fukushima II ～福島県請戸川２～
1:08:03 19 Circle Circle II ～サークルサークル２～
1:09:02 20 Flat III ～アパート３～
1:11:10 21 Circle Circle III ～サークルサークル３～
1:18:05 22 Shindo V ～シンドー５～
1:22:49 23 Circle Circle IV / Intermission ～サークルサークル４／小休止～
1:23:57 24 Epilogue / Credit Title ～エピローグ／エンディング・クレジット～
director's comment:
___"CIRCLE CIRCLE" is a scientific fiction film based on Fukushima nuclear plants accident. The main characters of this film are Daihyo(Abe Tatsuya), Mukushima(Sudo Taiga), Todai(Saito Yoshihiro), Nazca(Nakata Atsuhiro) and Shindo(Sandan Tomoaki). They decide to make some crop circles to minimize the damage of the accidents. But Shindo unexpectedly kills himself. So the characters except Shindo also put their idea into action to hold a memorial service for their friend.
___Why did he choose to die? Nobody clearly knows at all. However, it is essential that his name 'Shindo' means dead, quake and seismic intensity in Japanese. It suggests the disaster and the accidents which took place in the northeast region of Japan without precedent.
___Then, we'd like to briefly mention that it takes up two unique subject matters. They're 'crop circle' and 'demon's gate'. The characters make some crop circles around the actual spot of the nuclear accidents. Because they want to manage to remove 'a spell'. In the world of the film, a crop circle have the meaning of a lucky charm or a magic square. You clearly don't know why they are actually crop circles in the earth. In the film, we try to show you one of the reason.
___And, we make use of a special geographical feature in Tokyo to shoot the real appearance of Japan. It's the idea of demon's gate. In the Edo era, Tokyo, which was Edo in those days, was formed in accordance with many incantations of some religion(Buddhism, Shinto, and so on). One of these was demon's gate. It was an idea in ancient China. Kyoto also has demon's gate which is Enryaku temple. To tell the truth, Kan'ei temple of Edo was designed like Kyoto as demon's gate. It has a role of protecting something unlucky from coming to people. In Edo era, it was built in Ueno in the northeast of Edo castle. Moreover, surprisingly, Mito, where the last Shogun of the Edo government was born, is an extension of the spot. So we seem that an unlucky was attracted from the direction. To the more extensional line, there is actually Fukushima nuclear plants. The characters will make crop circles, because they want to seal the 'new' demon's gate. (The map in Tokyo: uploda.cc/img/img515d404cead9c...)
___Most of the cities in Japan is mutable. They are almost destroyed and completely changed many buildings, idea and so on since then. However, even so, they has been a part of them which still remains in the flow of history. Therefore we try to show the invisible scenery of Japan. We hope that audience give full play to their imagination and are aware of some 'Japanese Shadow'.
______________________________-- Kooy brothers
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