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One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio’s place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has lived with Rinko, a pretty girlfriend. Actually, Rinko is a transwoman. She works as a caregiver in a nursing home where Makio’s mother Sayuri who suffers from dementia is living. Rinko makes a delicious meal and sometimes cuddles Tomo. She is a little confused, but Tomo, Rinko and Makio start to live a life together. One day Rinko teaches Tomo to knit to control her temper. Rinko was also taught by her mother at the age of puberty when she struggled with her sexuality. A daughter neglected by her mother. A gentle uncle and his transgender lover. An angsty boy who recognizes a sense of himself as a gay – A warm “knitting” reorganizes unconventional family.

Naoko Ogigami - (2017) Close-Knit.mkv

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Runtime:	2h 7mn
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https://nitro.download/view/F54A9DFA59FD797/Naoko_Ogigami_-_(2017)_Close-Knit.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Naoko Ogigami – Karera ga honki de amu toki wa, AKA Close-Knit (2017) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Dysfunctional family and culture run amok in Toilet, which had an absolutely packed house last night at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and had many of the cast & crew in attendance at the screening. The film certainly has it’s Toronto roots showing as it was filmed here (although it’s actually set in the US), with familiar faces & locations on screen. We follow a family through a dysfunctional and eccentric set siblings Ray, Lisa and Maury and their grandmother from Japan, however a language barrier exists between the generations. It’s not the only barrier here as there are strong emotional barrier in each of the characters, all of whom have their own issues to work though. It’s an interesting tale of the individual journeys with the collective family journey, which although unintended become completely intertwined.

1.0GB | 1h 48mn | 720×400 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/CD32251DA4C5E4A/TOILET.avi

Language:English
Subtitles:None

The post Naoko Ogigami – Toiretto AKA Toilet (2010) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

On a summer day, a small Japanese restaurant by the name of Ruokala Lokki (The Seagull Canteen) opens for business in the Punavuori district of Helsinki. The restaurant is run by 38-year-old Sachie who wishes to offer her Finnish patrons not only Japanese food but Japanese-style food for the soul, too. Attracting Finns to the small restaurant run by a lone Japanese woman proves quite difficult, however.

Luckily Sachie gets to know Midori and her restaurant’s only customer, Tommi Hiltunen, with the help of whom she slowly begins to bring in more customers and settle down in her new life. Kamome Shokudo is a charming little tale of people in the middle of a foreign culture. The film is based on a novel by popular Japanese writer Yoko Mure. Director Naoko Ogigami received an award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her previous film Barber Yoshino.

https://nitro.download/view/4FDBC808CEA63FD/Ruokala.Lokki.2006.Naoko.Ogigami.KG.avi

Language(s):Japanese & Finnish
Subtitles:English, hardsubbed

The post Naoko Ogigami – Kamome shokudo AKA Ruokala Lokki AKA The Seagull Diner (2006) first appeared on Cinema of the World.