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Ugoku Tokai — Moving City

Ugoku Tokai
Lars Ostmann
Germany
2020
96 min
World Premiere
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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.

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Director
Production
    Gerrit Gronau for Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
    Gerrit Gronau for Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Music
    Lara Frank
    Lara Frank
Screening copy
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

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