• Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

    Ugoku Tokai — Moving City



  • Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

    Ugoku Tokai — Moving City



  • Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

    Ugoku Tokai — Moving City



  • Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

    Ugoku Tokai — Moving City



  • Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

    Ugoku Tokai — Moving City



Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

by Lars Ostmann

Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

Germany | 2020 | 96:00 min

Formal Categories

Human Interest Society Travel
Synopsis
A melancholy-looking young man in a business suit moves through the everyday rat race in the metropolis of Tokyo. His relationship with the city is complex: he is looking for his life path. Does he feel at home in this city?
In this hybrid, essayistic documentary, the man wanders through the busy city center, the suburbs, and the tranquility of nature. He explores twelve different paths on foot, in a contemplative urban symphony guided by his musings and a map. In the narration, he shares his life questions about a meaningful existence. How do we want to live? Where and in what gear? Under what conditions? Can you be happy with just enough? Should you let go of boundaries or should you cherish them?
Throughout the film, tempo—high-speed or slow motion—is a constant theme. The visual rhythm keeps shifting, from fast-moving crowds and joggers to extremely slow dancers, shuffling seniors, and the slow, hard work of rice planters. (IDFA Competition for Student Documentary 2020)
Festivals/Awards
2020
IDFA Competition for Student Documentary

2021
Japanese Film Festival, Singapur
Cast and Crew
  • Director Lars Ostmann
  • Producer Gerrit Gronau (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
  • Director of Photography Lars Ostmann
  • Editor Lars Ostmann
  • Sound Design Benedikt Ludwig
Original Languages

Japanese

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