Yuki Kawamura Trilogy
“Yuki Kawamura’s work is talking straight to the viewers’ innermost sense for pure aesthetics.”
- Plastic TV
Spark, Angel Robe & Grandmother
Three films by experimental filmmaker and video artist Yuki Kawamura:
Reminiscent of the intimate domestic dramas of Yasujiro Ozu Spark tells the story of a young boy named Yu who comes from a loving family, but how will his world change when his mother gives birth to a second child and she makes an unexpected trip to the hospital.
The traditional 16th-century Noh drama Hagoromo, the tale of an angel whose robe has been stolen, is used as counterpoint to the daily lives of a Japanese single mother in Paris who must come to terms with her French ex-husband for the care of their young child.
Grandmother is both a loving documentary of Kawamura’s own grandmother shot during her last days filmed by Kawamura at her bedside and a meditation on the impermanence of life.
Directed, written & produced: Yuki Kawamura
Cinematography: Yuki Kawamura & Jean-Philippe Polo
Editing: Cristina Hadjizachariou & Junko Watanabe
Music: Yoshihiro Hanno & Tujiko Noriko
Cast: Ginga Hirao, Rin Takagi, Toko Fujisaki (Spark) – Tujiko Noriko, Sachio Hama, Masato Matsuura, Isse (Angel Robe) – Masa Kanatani (Grandmother)
Spark Trailer
Angel Robe Trailer
Grandmother Trailer
Director’s Bio
Born in 1979 in Sapporo, Hokkaido Yuki Kawamura initially studied French at the Kyoto University of Languages. He went on to become a fixture in the Japanese video, performance art and electronic music scene before a recent shift into narrative filmmaking. Currently based in Paris, France Kawamura creates delicate, subtle video and film work, work that has been showcased in both solo and group exhibitions and screenings from Santiago, Chile to Athens, Greece.
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