{"id":1,"date":"2024-01-05T22:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sophimages.be\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:52:27","slug":"beyond-the-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophimages.be\/en\/beyond-the-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the waves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We discover Japan today through the eyes of Taro Yamamoto, an atypical young Japanese senator who used to be a popular actor. The story of a rebel who goes against the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Kyuden imperial gardens where the Emperor of Japan receives elected members of the Diet, a young parliamentarian from the Upper House, Taro, breaks all taboos: he gives the Emperor a letter to draw his attention to the situation of the victims of Fukushima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His act brought him death threats.&nbsp;But Taro Yamamoto was no stranger to the Japanese. Before getting into politics, he was an acclaimed actor. All the studios rejected him overnight for his anti-nuclear stance following March 11, 2011.Taro quickly realised that Japan isn\u2019t sick because of Fukushima. That is only a symptom revealing an even deeper abnormality. Taro widens the scope of his fight to understand the situation in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there is Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister. Taro is the hero of this tragedy. Shinzo is not only the antagonist; he is a perfect enemy. Taro is anti-nuclear. Abe wants to revive the reactors shut down after the catastrophe. Taro dreams of a Japan oriented towards social solidarity. Abe is setting up a neoliberal economic programme and wants to impose the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). Taro is fighting for future generations. Taro tries to understand and learn from his country\u2019s past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taro and Abe personify the deep opposition between the Japan that is hanging on to a past when the economy was booming and one, which sees that the machine is stuck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyond the waves, Taro Yamamoto a japanese rebel (Alain de Halleux) Trailer EN\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/235333736?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>DIRECTOR<\/th><td>Alain de Halleux<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>YEAR<\/th><td>2018<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>NYC columbia university film, Tokyo University film fest, Doc C\u00e9vennes (FR), Intl Filmfest HOF (DE),<br>Festival de Lama (FR)<br>2018<br>festival cin\u00e9ma ATTAC (BE)<br>Fukuyama I Fukuyama (JP)Hachinohe I Aomori (JP)Nishiharamura I Kumamoto (JP)Osaka City I Hyogo (JP)Saitama-Shi I Saitama (JP)Senshu Univ I Saitama (JP)Tajimi I Gifu (JP)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PRESS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sophimages.be\/BizContents\/Film\/2033\/PressFile\/0f67d0619c0746f3a33eb71e6ddfc675.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press Japon EPK 02-2018 FRANCAIS copy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PARTNERS &#038; FUNDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophimages, with the support of the Centre du Cin\u00e9ma et de l&#8217;Audiovisuel de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles , the Flanders FilmFund\/ VAF, Programme Europe Cr\u00e9ative &#8211; Media de l&#8217;Union Europ\u00e9enne, and the development support from PICTANOVO (FR) in coproduction with &nbsp;Zorn Productions international and Magellan Films, RTBF, CBA and VRT .Avec le Soutien du Tax shelter du Gouvernement F\u00e9d\u00e9ral belge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We discover Japan today through the eyes of Taro Yamamoto, an atypical young Japanese senator who used to be a popular actor. 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