缘之空04

セノーテはメキシコのユカタン半島に点在する洞窟泉。マヤ文明の時代、雨乞い儀式で生けにえが捧げられた神聖な場所。小田監督は自分で水中撮影を敢行する一方で周辺住民を取材し、マヤにルーツを持つ人々の集団的記憶と原風景の映像化に挑んだ。

解放前夕的黔北山区，世代流传着养童养媳的畸形婚姻习俗。十八岁的余杏仙（丛珊 饰）嫁给了易家寨六岁的小丈夫易少伟（王隹艺 饰）。他们平日里以姐弟相称，尽管少伟还三天两头尿床尿裤子，但他们在一起十分融洽。婆婆五娘（张伟欣 饰）是个命运坎坷而善良的女人，早早死了丈夫，拉扯着儿子相依为命，至今守寡。杏仙过门后，一家三口过得平平静静。农忙时，五娘的侄子开炳不时来帮工，与开炳的接触中，杏仙心生好感。不久山区解放了，开炳又来到易家，开炳和杏仙也越来越喜欢对方。一生受封建思想荼毒的三嫂（梁彦 饰）察觉此事，便挑唆年幼的少伟与杏仙闹别扭；并鼓动村里人上演“捉奸”的闹剧。平日里懦弱的杏仙挺身而出，当众宣布要与少伟离婚，与开炳结合......

本片改编自平库waka的同名漫画，26岁的椎野智世从电视新闻中得知好友真理子去世的消息，真理子从学生时代开始就受到父亲的虐待，小椎决定为真理子做点什么。为了拯救真理子的灵魂，小椎决定夺走她的骨灰，展开一次特别的旅行。

Nipple-targeting seagulls. Old men rapping in a bathhouse. Drugs smuggled as Italian pasta. Welcome back to The Mole Song’s world. The third and final part of this series of manga adaptations, by IFFR regular Miike Takashi, is once again loaded with delicious madness.Following Undercover Agent Reiji (IFFR 2014) and Hong Kong Capriccio (IFFR 2017), this time the enemy are Italian mafia smuggling their ‘speed-a-roni’ into Yokohama’s port. Yakuza boss Papilon, fearing for his business, wants to stop them from entering, and so do the Japanese cops: Reiji works for both as an undercover agent. All these complications this give cult director Miike a playground for crazed subplots.At times fooling us into thinking it’s an ordinary action thriller, The Mole Song: Final is a cocktail that smashes together slapstick comedy, farcical fantasy and puppet animation, with Reiji – played again by the energetic and engaging Ikuta Toma - always at the centre of the tornado that just keeps on spinning.