Goshogaoka

Japan, United States

1997

63 Min

Color

Japanese

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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CAST Naomi Hasegawa, Eri Hashimoto, Emi Ishida, Yuka Ishigami, Yuki Kasami, Eri Kinoshita, Eri Kobayashi, Yuka Koishihara, Marie Komuro, Kumiko Kotake, Chika Matsuda, Yoriko Matsufuji, Yuriko Matsuyama, Keiko Misaizu, Sayaka Miyamoto, Kumi Nannjo, Chinatsu Narui, Chihiro Nashijma, Sayaka Nozaki, Rie Ouchi, Ayako Sano, Hitomi Shibazaki, Atsuko Shinkai, Kumiko Shirai

SOUND Josh Turner, Tetsuo Segawa

Synopsis

This non-narrative film depicts the routines of a girls’ basketball team in a junior high school near Tokyo. Shot with a stationary camera, it consists of six ten-minute segments, some of which show the girls’ routine exercises, others of which are choreographed. —IMDb

Director

Sharon Lockhart

Born 1964 in Norwood, Massachusetts. The American artist and filmmaker studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and at the San Francisco Art Institute. She lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and screenings in America, Europe and in Japan and has won many awards. Lockhart is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council. Her films NO and TEATRO AMAZONAS both screened at the Berlinale, Forum of New Cinema. In February 2006, her work, PINE FLAT, was shown at the Berlinale within the context of Forum expanded, the new platform for video art and installations, hosted by Forum and KW Institute for Contemporary Art. —Split Film Festival