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The New God
(Atarashii kamisama)
by Yutaka TSUCHIYA

Karin and her “comrade” Ito have started a band, playing nationalist punk music. Left-wing filmmaker TSUCHIYA decides to give Karin a video camera to film herself and her daily life. Camera on board, Karin travels to North Korea and meets former Red Army terrorists who fled from Japan thirty years ago.

Credits:
Japan 1999, video, 99 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director: Yutaka TSUCHIYA
Production: W-TV Office
Music: Ken KATO
World sales: Video Act!
Photography & cast: Karin AMEMIYA, Hidehito ITO, Yutaka TSUCHIYA

About the director: Yutaka TSUCHIYA, born 1966, founded VideoAct! – a distribution firm for political independent films - in 1998. His documentaries often attracted the wrath of Japanese nationalists.

Filmography (selection): 1996 What Do You Think About the War Responsibility of Emperor Hirohito? (Anata tenno no senso sekinin ni tsuite do omoimasu ka?); 1998 Ryoko 21 Years Old (Ryoko 21 sai); 2003 Peep “TV” Show (NC 04)

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Saturday, April 17, 6 p.m. Cinema Mal Sehn Kino

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