Mujo no Kaze was filmed in Tokyo with Japanese actors and actresses by a crew of Biola University students and their professor in 2007. In 2008 it won first place at the Inigo Film Festival in Sydney Australia. According to the film’s website, “Mujo No Kaze” is a dramatic, short-film touching on suicide and depression with an over-all theme of hope.
This film might be hard for westerners to appreciate who have not had some exposure to Japanese life and culture in Japan; I had to watch it a second time before I caught all that was going on. From the beginning to the end the story was unpacked very subtly; this is a characteristic of Japanese film making and requires the viewer to read between the lines to catch what is being told.
If you are interested you can learn more about Mujo no Kaze here. I’ve included it for your viewing pleasure below.
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I know the girl on the train platform in the second video. She goes lives out in Ome, Tokyo near me. Great website, keep up the good work. Maybe we’ll meet one day.
Thanks for the encouragement. I plan to visit Tokyo again soon, It would be my pleasure to meet you.
I know this film intimately … i was part of the Japanese crew working with the Biola team. We had a 12-hour film day in the dead of winter doing the platform scene at Okutama. Proud to be part of this great film.
Thanks for posting about Mujo No Kaze. We now have MNK posted on Vimeo. It is much better quality and is also not cut into two parts : http://vimeo.com/12095761
There are also several other short films, including a 3 min music video from last year’s HGF concert when we did the first Wadaiko/Black Gospel fusion.
Mei Yen: nice to see your comment.