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Japan 1999 / 35 mm / Color / 115 min. | |||
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Asako lives with her fireman husband Ryuichi and their precocious, ten-year-old daughter Ai in a small suburban town. Asako is hearing-impaired and one day Ai is mocked by a boy at school because of it. The boy had seen Asako and Ai using sign language and he tells everyone that Ai's mother looks stupid and ridiculous. Asako is devastated to see her daughter being bullied because of her disability. How can she stop it? She discusses the problem with Ryuichi and they agree that the best solution is to offer Ai a positive example. Asako decides to join Hands, a deaf theatrical troupe run by one of her friends. Using mime and sign language, the company entertain both hearing and hearing-impaired audiences. Asako hopes that this new activity will help Ai become sympathetic to her way of life. Unfortunately, Hands is having recruitment problems following the death of its founder and prime mover. Asako's first job is to find new players. The company had previously limited its productions to deaf or hearing-impaired actors, but Asako begins welcoming a wider range of volunteers, including a pantomime artist who isn't deaf and various family members of the core group. Communication problems arise, but they are overcome and a valuable lesson is learned by all participants, including Ai. |
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| Script: Yukiko Okazaki. Phot.: Kozo Okazaki. Ed.: Michio Suwa. Mus.: Keiko Satoh. Cast: Akiko Oshidari, Ai Okazaki, Minoru Tanaka, Mansaku Fuwa, Sachiko Takano, Atom Sunada, Chisato Seki, Rina Uemura, Tomomi Nishimura. Prod.: Kobushi Production, YBK Daikyou-machi 103, Daikyou-machi, Sinjuku-ward (Japon), t�l.: (03) 3357-5608, fax: (03) 3357-5609. Sales: Mencap Limited, 888-415 Nakagawa, Hosoe-cho, Inasa-gun, Shizuoka-ken (Japon), t�l. & fax: (81) 53523-0993, e-mail: [email protected]. | |||
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Akihiro Yonaiyama, Yutaka Osawa Born in Tokyo in 1952 to deaf parents, Akihiro Yonaiyama's first language was sign language. In 1981 he toured with the American Deaf Theater. On his return to Japan he joined with TV star Tetsuko Kuroyanagi to establish Japan's own deaf theatre. He won the 1987 National Arts Festival award. Born Gunma Prefecture, Japan in 1935, Yutaka Osawa is noted for his films with social themes. His recent credits include: SENSEI THE TEACHER (1983), BOKUCHAN NO SENJOU (1985), HARUKA NARU KOSHIEN (1990) and GAMA -- GETTO NO HANA (1996). |
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