Exhibitions
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Pecoross’ Mother and Her Days
Film
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
free
The fourth feature in the 2020 Christchurch Japanese Film Festival, brought to you by the Consulate of Japan. An adaptation of Yuichi Okano’s essay manga, this film is a compelling drama about dementia and bonds with the past
Yuichi is a widower living in Nagasaki, and devoted to his elderly mother Mitsue, manga and music. When Mitsue develops dementia, he reluctantly places her in a nursing home. Being with idiosyncratic residents, her memories gradually lead her to retrace her past. Directed by Azuma Morisaki and starring Ryo Iwamatsu, Harue Akagi, Kiwako Harada and Ryo Kase.
2013, PG: adult themes, 113 mins.
Complimentary tickets are available at the venue from 5.30pm. At 6.05pm a short cultural film will be screened. Pecoross’ Mother and Her Days screens at 6.30pm.