Air Doll

In the organizer's words:

空気人形 Kûki ningyô

Director: KOREEDA Hirokazu
2009, 116 minutes, OVD, DCP, FSK from 16

A man in his forties returns home from his job as a waiter to his small suburban apartment in Tokyo on a rainy night. He is looking forward to spending the evening with Nozomi, an inflatable doll he bought for little money. He plays married life with her, a little one-sided, but he seems content. He has bought Nozomi nice clothes and chats with her at the table about the day's work. The plastic crackles in bed. One morning, as soon as the master has left the house, the doll starts to move and stomps out into the street. She wants to discover life and eagerly absorbs what she sees and hears along the way. Nozomi, superbly embodied by Korean actress Duna Bae, discovers on her wanderings what makes a person human and, of course, what love is all about.

Text: trigon-film

Film series
Manga on the big screen - Japanese comic adaptations

It is not only the printed editions of manga that have long enjoyed cult status, but their film adaptations are also enthusiastically received by many fans. To accompany the exhibition Manga Hokusai Manga: The Famous Master's Sketchbooks from the Perspective of Contemporary Japanese Comics, we are presenting five live-action films and one anime based on manga.

The immense diversity of manga genres is also reflected in the film adaptations. We start with Kûki ningyô by master director Koreeda Hirokazu, which deals with the themes of isolation and loneliness in urban life in an extraordinary way. The manga series of the same name by Gôda Yoshi'ie, which appeared in a magazine for a predominantly young adult male readership(Seinen Manga), served as a source of inspiration. This was followed by film adaptations of two bestselling girls' manga(Shôjo Manga) by award-winning illustrators George Asakura and Andô Yuki. The animated film about a quirky music band is also outstanding due to its rotoscoping production technique. Finally, a thriller and the film adaptation of a boys' love manga(Bôizu rabu Manga) will also appeal to lovers of suspense and mystery.

Price information:

Admission free