The Ravine of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku)
Friday, July 19 at 7:00 pm
**North American Premiere
Japan. 2013. 117 min. HD CAM, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Tatsushi Omori. With Yoko Maki, Shima Onishi, Nao Omori, Anne Suzuki, Jyo Hyuga, Arata, Hirofumi Arai.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Shuichi Yoshida. The body of a child is found near the house of a seemingly ordinary couple: Shunsuke (Shima Onishi, the limbless soldier in Caterpillar) and Kanako Ozaki (star actress Yoko Maki). The baby’s mother Satomi Tachibana (Anne Suzuki) is arrested as the prime suspect, but it doesn’t take long for the police to consider Shunsuke a person of interest: Satomi claims she was having an affair with him. Looking into the case, weekly tabloid reporter Watanabe (Nao Omori) discovers another shocking crime in Shunsuke’s past. Selection of the Moscow IFF Competition.
18+ This film is unrated, but may only be viewed by persons 18 years of age and older.