Japanese

27th Tokyo International Film Festival

Asian Future

North by Northeast

[ 东北偏北 ]

Director:Zhang Bingjian

Drama Comedy Suspense

World Premiere

10/25 14:55- 10/27 10:20-

113min Mandarin Color | 2014 China | 

Introduction

In the late 70s, an impotent policeman tries to catch a rapist with the help of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Northeast China.

Synopsis

In the 70s, just two years after the end of Cultural Revolution, a series of rape cases breaks out in the Northeast region. The film begins with impotent policeman Li Zhansan who meets, at the crime scene, a woman who breeds pigs, who is a retired Chinese-medicine professor. The case is unresolved and Cai Bin, injured, returns to the city. Li Zhansan has to take off his uniform and sell Tofu. But their life paths have crossed. Captain Li is able to come back to life and discovers his fugitive living just steps away.

◆Director's Message
The story is based on a true event in the late 70s, but I wanted to make a film that connects with a young Chinese audience which has grown up wearing Nike shoes. I take this film as a witness of what happened in China, in the sense of changing sexual identity and human behavior within the historical context.

 
Schedule & TicketData

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN6

10/25 14:55 - (113min)

Q&A

Guest (tentative): Q&A: Zhang Bingjian(Director/Screenplay/Executive Producer)


Please note that the stage appearances of guests and scheduled time of the show may change according to circumstances.

Tickets ¥1300(Tax included)

Tickets (student) ¥1000 | Tickets at the Door (student) ¥500 (Tax included)

チケット受付>終了

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN4

10/27 10:20 - (113min)

Q&A

Guest (tentative): Q&A: Zhang Bingjian(Director/Screenplay/Executive Producer)


Please note that the stage appearances of guests and scheduled time of the show may change according to circumstances.

Tickets ¥1300(Tax included)

Tickets (student) ¥1000 | Tickets at the Door (student) ¥500 (Tax included)

チケット受付>終了

Situation of seats

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Director
Zhang Bingjian

Zhang Bingjian graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1982, and University of South Carolina in US (MFA) in 1993. Zhang currently lives in Beijing and his work ranges from filmmaking to contemporary art such as installation and painting. Zhang has directed two features, Suffocation (2003) and North by Northeast (2014), and one documentary film, Readymade (2008).

Staff
Director/Screenplay/Executive Producer : Zhang Bingjian
Producer : Lu Lei
Screenplay : Yuan Daju
Producer : Gordon Gao
Cinematographer : Zhang Ji
Production Designer : Dou Jun
Sound Designer : Wang Changrui
Music : Hu Miaoshu
Editor : Fang Lei
Editor : Sun Xiuheng
Cast

Ban Zan
Li Bin
Lai Jiatong
Zhang Hewen
Liu Weibo

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