"Fukuda Village Incident" Director Tatsuya Mori A feature film made by a true documentary artist brings out the dark side of Japan [Director's Interview Vol.349]

anyway this is entertainment

Q: Nowadays, if you just make a movie that depicts the perpetrators of Japanese people, you are sometimes called ``unpatriotic.'' I think this has been a trend for the past 20 years or so.

Mori: A major turning point was the subway sarin attack by Aum Shinrikyo. Japanese society has been stimulated by anxiety and fear, and since the incident occurred in 1995, it has accelerated its collectivization, fueled by security consciousness.

Q: I feel that the media as a whole has become less susceptible to complaints, especially over the past 20 years. I've heard from TV reports that people sometimes react overly sensitively to just one complaint.

Mori: Compliance, governance, and risk hedging. These words have been in circulation for the past 20 years. But organized media is both a company and a journalistic institution. If it were a normal company, it would be impossible to travel to a battlefield, but if you're a media company, you can't avoid that risk. But if security awareness becomes prominent, journalism will take a backseat. Similar to the tendency not to deal with negative history, this element is also present in the current problems of Johnny's and the Unification Church.

Q: I think this film adaptation is significant in that sense as well, but without fear of misunderstanding, it's a superb piece of entertainment, so I hope people will watch it in that sense as well. think.

Mori: I've said that in many places as well. Anyway, this is entertainment.

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Director: Tatsuya Mori

Born in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. After the sarin gas attack on the subway in 1995, he began filming a TV documentary about Hiroshi Araki, the deputy public relations director of Aum Shinrikyo, and other Aum believers, but was notified by his production company that the contract would be canceled. . The film was finally released in theaters in 1998 under the title ``A,'' and it became a hot topic around the world, being invited to numerous overseas film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1999, he released the TV documentary ``Broadcast Banned Songs''. In 2001, the film ``A2'' won the Special Award and Citizen's Award at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Other film works include ``311'' (11), ``FAKE'' (16), and ``I~ The Journalist Document'' (19). In 2011, “A3” (Shueisha International) won the Kodansha Nonfiction Award. Other works include ``Broadcast Banned Songs'' (Kobunsha Chie no Mori Bunko), ``Occupation is an Esper'', ``How to Eat Life'', ``Death Penalty'', and ``Kwon De - Another Last Emperor'' (Kadokawa Bunko). His works include the full-length novel ``Chunki'' (Ronsosha), ``All wars begin with self-defense'' (Kodansha Bunko), and ``A melancholic cross-section of the world that appeared in U Sagamihara'' (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho). His most recent book is ``Chiyoda Ward Ichiban No. 1 Labyrinth'' (Gendai Shokan).

Interview and text: Tetsuya Inagaki

TV director. My personal goal is to realize a documentary project that depicts the obsessions of manga and movie creators. Programs he has directed in the past include ``The Godfather : The Man Who Revolutionized Manga'' (WOWOW), ``Takeshi's Birth: Master and Asakusa'' (NHK), ``Master and Disciple Story: The Encounter That Changed My Life'' [Masahiro Tanaka x Katsuya Nomura ]” (NHK BS Premium)

"Fukuda Village Incident"

Opening nationwide from September 1st (Friday) at Theater Shinjuku, Eurospace, etc.

Distribution: Uzumasa

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