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Original title

Matsuri no junbi

Year

1975

Running time

117 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kazuo Kuroki

Screenwriter

Takehiro Nakajima

Cast

Music

Teizo Matsumura

Cinematography

Tatsuo Suzuki

Producer

Art Theatre Guild, Soeisha

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Matsori no junbi based on the novel of the same name by screenwriter Nakajima Takehiro, which takes its title from a picture by Paul Gauguin. This autobiographical film about a young man who dreams of becoming a screenwriter is set in the village of Nakamura, in Kochi prefecture on Shikoku, where Nakajima was born and grew up. Nakajima later turned the novel into a screenplay that was published in a private literary magazine. Kuroki Kazuo, who sent it to the magazine, enjoyed it and got in touch with Nakajima in order to talk about turning it into a film. Kuroki wasn't the only one to show an interest, as Fujita Toshiya also wanted to film the story. After a joint meeting, an agreement was reached that it would be difficult to develop the film within the studio system, and that therefore the only real option was ATG. There was a precedent, in that Kuroki had already shot a film with ATG, the highly promising Ryôma ansatsu (Assassination of Ryôma, 1974). The film is set in the mid-1950s, when Japanese cinema reached its highpoint both in terms of number of films produced and in terms of quality. The big film studios had to release a couple of new films every week; they found a loyal following in the provincial cinemas that were bound to the studios by a block booking system. Matsuri no junbi, cited by many contemporary songs and films, provides a striking picture of provincial life in the fifties. In 1988, this time as director, Nakajima filmed Kyôshû (Remembrances), the prequel to Matsuri no junbi, so to speak.

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Preparation for the Festival

1975

Kazuo Kuroki