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Una docu-fiction sperimentale,<br />

romanzata, sullo scrittore giapponese<br />

Nakagami Kenji, morto<br />

giovane nel 1992. Nakagami è<br />

stato il cronista <strong>del</strong>la città marina<br />

di Shingu. Molte storie raccontate<br />

da Nakagami sono<br />

ambientate in un particolare<br />

vicolo di Shingu. Un vicolo<br />

ormai scomparso, ma che continua<br />

a vivere nella narrativa di<br />

Nakagami. E anche sulla celluloide,<br />

perché lo scrittore ha filmato<br />

il vicolo prima che venisse<br />

demolito. Nel film di<br />

Aoyama Shinji, il cineasta<br />

Izuchi Kisshu va alla ricerca di<br />

ciò che resta <strong>del</strong> vicolo di<br />

Nakagami. Tuttavia l’atmosfera<br />

peculiare <strong>del</strong>la cittadina portuale<br />

si rivela difficile da rintracciare.<br />

Nel film, il regista<br />

legge ad alta voce per noi i libri<br />

di Nakagami nei luoghi in cui<br />

sono ambientati, ma è difficile<br />

evocarne la magia. Di tanto in<br />

tanto, il regista Aoyama torna<br />

alle immagini girate da<br />

Nakagami, mentre il cineasta <strong>del</strong> film sembra cercare invano<br />

nel presente.<br />

BIOGRAFIA<br />

Aoyama Shinji (Kyushu, 1965) fece i suoi primi film in 8mm<br />

mentre era studente all’università di Rikyo, dove fu profondamente<br />

influenzato dai corsi <strong>del</strong> critico <strong>cinema</strong>tografico<br />

Hasumi Shigehiko. Nell’industria <strong>cinema</strong>tografica iniziò come<br />

assistente scenografo, per poi diventare assistente alla regia<br />

con, tra gli altri, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson,<br />

Daniel Schmid e Rijiu Go. Collabora come critico a varie riviste<br />

(“Le Cahiers du Cinéma Japon”, “Esquire Japan”).<br />

AOYAMA SHINJI<br />

ROJI-E / INTO THE ALLEY<br />

(t.l. Nel vicolo)<br />

sceneggiatura/screenplay: Aoyama Shinji<br />

fotografia/photography (35mm, col.): Tamura Masaki<br />

montaggio/editing: Yamamoto Ako<br />

musica/music: Sakamoto Ryuichi, Ohtomo Yodhihide<br />

suono/sound: Kikuchi Noboyuki<br />

interpreti/cast: Izuchi Kishu<br />

produzione/production: Michio Koshikawa, Sato Kimiyoshi<br />

per Slow Learner, Brandish<br />

distribuzione/distributed by: Slow Learner, Brandish (Slow<br />

Learner, Tokyo; tel.: +813 37703717; fax: +813 37703718)<br />

durata/running time: 64’<br />

origine/country: Giappone 2000<br />

Experimental, fictionalised<br />

documentary about the<br />

Japanese writer Nakagami<br />

Kenji, who died young in 1992.<br />

Nakagami was the chronicler of<br />

the seaside town of Shingu.<br />

Many of Nakagami’s stories<br />

are set in a specific alley in<br />

Shingu, an alley that is now<br />

gone, but that lives on in the<br />

fiction of Nakagami. And also<br />

on celluloid, because the writer<br />

filmed the alley before its demolition.<br />

In the film by Aoyama<br />

Shinji, the film-maker Izuchi<br />

Kisshu goes in search of what<br />

is left of Nakagami’s alley. The<br />

specific mood of the small harbour<br />

town however turns out<br />

to be difficult to find. In the<br />

film, the film-maker reads the<br />

books of Nakagami out loud for<br />

us at the locations where they<br />

are set, but is difficult to<br />

inwoke the magic. Time and<br />

again, film-maker Aoyama<br />

returns to the film images<br />

made by Nakagami, while the<br />

filmmaker in the film seems to search in vain in the present.<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

Aoyama Shinji (Kyushu, 1965) made his first 8mm film while<br />

still a student at Rikyo University, where he was profoundly<br />

influenced by his classes with film critic Hasumi Shigehiko. He<br />

began his film career as an assistant art director, then became<br />

assistant director to Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fridrik Thor<br />

Fridriksson, Daniel Schmid e Rijiu Go, among others. As a<br />

critic, he contributes to several magazines, including “Le<br />

Cahiers du Cinéma Japon” and “Esquire Japan”.<br />

IL CINEMA GIAPPONESE OGGI<br />

FILMOGRAFIA/FILMOGRAPHY<br />

Hima tsubushi no onna (Time Killing Woman) (1988, Super8), Yoru made hitotabi (One Trip Til Night) (1989, Super8), Akai<br />

Muffler (The Red Muffler) (1991, Super8), Kyokasho ni nai! (It's Not in the Textbook!) (1995), Waga mune ni kyoki ari<br />

(There's a Gun in My Chest/A Weapon in My Heart/The Cop, the Bitch and the Killer) (1995), Helpless (1995-96), Chinpira<br />

(Two Punks) (1996), Wild Life (1997), Tsumetai chi (An Obsession) (1997), Shady Grove (1998-99), EM/Embalming (1999),<br />

June 12, 1998 - At the Edge of Chaos (2000, mm, Beta SP), Eureka (2000), Roji-e: Nakagami Kenji no nokoshita Film (Into the<br />

Alley) (2000, mm), Desert Moon (2001)<br />

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