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PASSACAGLIA

A bus submerged at the bottom of the dam begins to move slowly. The dam was once a beautiful village where the bus was operated every day. The bus floated up to the ground and started to run around the forest.A strange tea party is held by the ghosts came from underwater.An original story , poetic depiction of a requiem for the lost landscapes. The music is composed and performed by Tohru Yamanaka (the director of Damb Type, a globally recognized performance group) and Saiko Fujii (a pianist based in the United States). The film also features dance scenes performed by three Ukrainian ballet dancers and the world-renowned Japanese dancer Emi Hariyama

  • Ryosuke Handa
    Director
  • Ryosuke Handa
    Writer
  • Yoshiko Kanazawa
    Producer
  • Diego Martina
    Key Cast
    "Hatter"
  • Kono Fujii
    Key Cast
    "midori"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 3 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Yoshiko Kanazawa
Director Biography - Ryosuke Handa

Born in Kyoto ,Japan in 1954.
Author of many books on Art,Photograph,etc.
As an artist ,he won many international awards.
In 2022 he directed a film FOREST ISLAND which won many best awards in international festivals. PASSACAGLIA is his new feature film.

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Director Statement

This film aims to be a kind of supernatural ,magically real science-fiction that belong to the extremely new cinema-form. Mixed languages from Japanese ,Italian, Ukrainian to a mysterious new one.