{"id":40082,"date":"2016-07-24T17:59:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T21:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40082"},"modified":"2016-07-24T23:19:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T03:19:48","slug":"wit-life-304-japan-cuts-2016-comes-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/24\/wit-life-304-japan-cuts-2016-comes-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #304: JAPAN CUTS 2016 comes to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIT Life<\/a> is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/a> (Kumamo<\/a>to-ken<\/a> CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with h<\/strong><\/em>er<\/strong><\/em> own obse<\/strong><\/em>rv<\/strong><\/em>atio<\/strong><\/em>ns<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This weekend marks the end of the 2016 JAPAN CUTS film festival.\u00a0 Due to a business trip midway through I wasn’t around as much as I would have liked, but I was able to attend the beginning and end to see some fantastic films.<\/p>\n

Last night featured Tatsuya Mori’s FAKE<\/a>, which looks at the 2014 controversy surrounding self-taught classical composer Mamoru Samuragochi.\u00a0 At that time, he was exposed by part-time university lecturer Takashi Niigaki as a fake.\u00a0 Niigaki claimed that Samuragochi could hear despite claims that he was deaf, and that because he didn’t know how to notate music Niigaki had been his ghostwriter during their 18-year tenure working together.<\/p>\n

Within the media circus that emerges, Mori takes a closer look by spending time with Sa\"\"muragochi, his wife and their photogenic cat at their Yokohama apartment.\u00a0 Although this serves as the film’s prime location, the viewer does not feel confined but instead drawn in to this he said\/he said tale where true and false are not easily delineated.<\/p>\n

At the post-screening Q&A, Mori stated his disdain for simple black and white explanations, and offered his view that there can be 100 versions of the truth.\u00a0 He makes this stance very clear with the final shot of the film (which follows the credits so stick around until the very end when you watch it!), which closes with an open-ended question that is left unanswered.<\/p>\n

Tonight I’ll be going to see the very last film of the festival, The Actor<\/a>.\u00a0 Hate to see it end but already looking forward to next year!<\/p>\n

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