Tetsuichiro TSUTA 蔦 哲一朗
The Tale Of Iya
祖谷物語―おくのひと
Nippon Visions ½
After her mother died in a car accident, Haruna was adopted by an old farmer in a rural mountain village where she grew up, leading a self-sustaining life. As a teenager she looks after him, and it seems time stands still until civilization suddenly breaks into their closed world. This poetic and visually stunning film draws the spectator into the sanctum of nature.
祖谷物語―おくのひと
Iya monogatari - Oku no hito
Japan 2013
169 minutes
Director
Tetsuichiro TSUTA
Script
Tetsuichiro TSUTA, Kuniya KAWAMURA, Masayuki UEDA
Cinematography
Yutaka AOKI
Music
Keita KAWABATA
Production
"iyamonogatari" Film Partners
World sales
PIA Film Festival
Cast
Rina TAKEDA, Min TANAKA, Shima ONISHI, Naomi KAWASE, Hitoshi MURAKAMI
About Tetsuichiro TSUTA
蔦 哲一朗
Tetsuichiro TSUTA, born in Tokushima Prefecture in 1984, studied film at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He shot and developed his first film ISLAND OF DREAMS (2008 / NC ’10) on 16mm in black and white. THE TALE OF IYA (2013 / NC ’14) was screened and awarded at numerous international festivals. It was followed by TAMANO VISUAL POETRY COLLECTION: NAGISA’S BICYCLE (2021), which was screened at Torino Film Festival.