Noise
ノイズ | Japan | 2022
North American Premiere
Japan | Drama | 2022 | 128 minutes | in Japanese w/English subtitles
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Haru Kuroki, Yoshi Sakou
Film Source: Nippon Television
Japan Cinema Showcase special Emcee: Mark Schilling, author/critic of Japan Times
There will be free small popcorn per person claimed at the concession counter.
In-Cinema Screening
Saturday, Sept 17 at 2 PM
@ Wilmette Theater
SYNOPSIS
The story takes place on a remote island off the coast of the Sea of Japan. Currently suffering from a shrinking and aging population and left behind by the times, the island's future depends on the black figs that Keita grows on his farm. This new farming endeavor is a ray of hope for the locals, as it is about to receive a sizable government grant that could revive the community. Meanwhile a suspicious man comes to the island and begins making threatening moves towards Keita's family. But after a heated exchange with the crazed man, the three islanders end up killing him by accident.
“Hiroki Ryuichi’s NOISE weaves a tangled web as the lies of the principal characters infect a tight-knit community. Working from Kataoka Sho’s script based on a manga by Tsutsu Tetsuya, Hiroki imbues the film with style, suspense, and an unexpected pathos, while adroitly drifting from near farce to a more serious mode and keeping a discreet distance from his source material….Last seen together as co-stars on the hit DEATH NOTE films, Matsuyama and Fujiwara create a synergy that brings out their best as actors.”—Mark Schilling, Japan Times
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Ryuichi Hiroki
Born in 1954 in Japan, Hiroki started his career as a film director with the Japanese softcore pornographic film genre of pink film. His 1994 feature film “800 Two Lap Runners” was selected to Berlin International Film Festival in the same year. Another film in 2003, “Vibrator,” was also widely seen overseas. The film won a number of awards including Best Actress for Shinobu Terajima at Tokyo International Film Festival. Later films include “The Egoists” (2011,) “River” (2011,) and “Kabukicho Love Hotel” (2014) which was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. “Noise” (2022) was selected to the competition of Udine Far East Film Festival in the same year.
Filmography - Feature films:
1982 - Sexual Abuse! Exposed Woman
1983 - Our Season , Our Generation
1984 - Teacher, Don't Turn Me On! , The SM
1985 - Our Moment , The Sexual Abuse
1986 - The Sacrifice , SM Class: Accidental Urination
1987 - The True Self of Hitomi Kobayashi ,
1988 - Eri Kikuchi: Huge Breasts
1989 - Male Virgin Story 4: Take Me to the Skiing
1990 - A Love Affair With Sawako
1993 - Sadistic City
1994 - Evil Dream , 800 Two Lap Runners
1995 - Forever with You , A Love to Melt the Snow
1996 - Midori
1999 - The Night the Angel Turned Away
2000 - I Am an S&M Writer , Tokyo Trash Baby
2001 - Labyrinth of Leg Fetishism
2002 - The Barber’s Sadness
2003 - Vibrator
2004 - The Silent Big Man , Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World , L'Amant
2005 - Female , It's Only Talk
2006 - Love on Sunday , Yokan , M
2007 - Bakushi
2008 - Your Friend , New Type: Just for Your Love
2009 - April Bride
2010 - The Lightning Tree
2011 - The Egoists , River
2013 - Nobody's Perfect , Kiiroi Zou , Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls
2014 - Kabukicho Love Hotel , Her Granddaughter
2015 - Strobe Edge
2017 - Policeman and Me , Side Job , Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2018 - Marmalade Boy , It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up
2021 - Ride or Die
2022 - Noise
