The Ark in the Mirage

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Movie: The Ark in the Mirage
Romaji: Shinkiro no Fune
Japanese: 蜃気楼の舟
Director: Yasutomo Chikuma
Writer: Yasutomo Chikuma
Producer: Yasutomo Chikuma, Kaihei Shiota
Cinematographer: Yasuyuki Sasaki
World Premiere: July 9, 2015 (Karlovy Vary IFF)
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Runtime: 99 min.
Genre: Indie / Drama
Distributor: UPLINK Company
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A man works at a place which provides housing to homeless old men and exploits them for their government issued welfare payments. When the man was little, his mother died and his father dumped him. He doesn't hold any guilt for what he does to the old men. One day, he finds his father among the homeless men.

Cast



Taiga Komizu	Min Tanaka	Ayako Ono	Tomomitsu Adachi	Aya Takekou
man working at homeless shelter	homeless father	woman in blue	Mitsuo	woman in white

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Film Festivals

2015 (50th) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - July 3-11, 2015 - Forum of Independents: Competition *World Premiere
2016 (16th) Nippon Connection - May 24-29, 2016 - Nippon Visions *German Premiere