Amer Béton
Michael Arias
Black and White, two orphans, spread disorder on the streets of Takara. Racketeering bandits, yakuzas and religious fanatics, the two children, are nevertheless very different. While Black is hard and angry, Black is innocent and dreamy. Everything changes dramatically when a powerful yakuza decides to eliminate them and to remould the town in his own image.
With : Kazunari Ninomiya, Yu Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankuro Kudo, Min Tanaka, Rokuro Naya, Tomomichi Nishimura, Mugihito, Nao Omori, Yoshinori Okada, Mori Sanchu, Masahiro Motoki
Screenplay : Anthony Weintraub d'après le manga "Tekkonkinkreet" de Taiyo Matsumoto
Editing : Mutsumi Takemiya
Music : Plaid
Screenplay : Anthony Weintraub d'après le manga "Tekkonkinkreet" de Taiyo Matsumoto
Editing : Mutsumi Takemiya
Music : Plaid
Production : Aniplex, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Shogakukan Inc, Beyond C, Tokyo MX, Dentsu
Distribution: Rézo Films
Distribution: Rézo Films
Director Michael Arias talked of his reaction when he discovered the manga Tekkon kinturito in the 1990s: "One of my friends and me were watching the massive demolitions sites on the other side of the street. He had a big collection of manages and I asked him to recommend some to me. He gave me one straight away. When I saw the first picture, showing two boys contemplating the city, perched on a telephone pole, I had a shock: it was us! The atmosphere in Tokyo at the time was very strange. There has been poison gas attacks in a nearby neighbourhood and there were three helicopters constantly patrolling above us I had the feeling that the ground was disappearing from under our feet. I like the way the story of Tekkon kinturito questions our vision of the future, our convictions and what really counts for us. These themes seemed very anchored in reality".