As you may remember, I previously wrote about Andô Momoko's directorial debut Kakera - A Piece of Our Life (Kakera,『カケラ』) last September. It also found a secure spot in my recent best of 2009 list. Those of you outside of Japan may have caught it at London's Raindance Film Festival thanks to programmer Jasper Sharp. It played at fests in Paris and Stockholm as well. The fall domestic release didn't happen but the film is now scheduled for an April 3rd bow at Eurospace in Shibuya followed by other venues.
Before that, there will be a special screening at the Foreign Correspondents' Press Club of Japan on March 23. Details are here. If you've been to FCCJ screenings before, you know that Karen Severns and her partner Koichi of KiSMet Productions arrange everything -- including special guests and interesting post-screening Q&As. Director Andô Momoko will be in attendance.
The film's advertising imagery, which I've rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise to see more easily, has gotten in a touch of trouble with Japan Rail for the playful lesbianism it depicts and some of the border text, which includes a partially censored kintama/キンタマ ("testicles" or "balls") and an uncensored oppai/オッパイ ("breasts" or "tits"). The text was altered and the butt-play portion of the photo has apparently been ungracefully covered up. Too bad.
Kakera - A Piece of Our Life official site (Japanese), twitter (Japanese), Raindance page.
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