UPDATE: CIFF44 CANCELLED

While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44's amazing films and talented filmmakers, we understand the City's obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents. We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7-18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.

While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44's amazing films and talented filmmakers, we understand the City's obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents. We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7-18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.

While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44's amazing films and talented filmmakers, we understand the City's obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents. We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7-18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.

While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44's amazing films and talented filmmakers, we understand the City's obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents. We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7-18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.

While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44's amazing films and talented filmmakers, we understand the City's obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents. We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7-18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.
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AFTER THE STORM
(Umi yori mo mada fukaku)

 

Year: 2016
Country: JAPAN
Run Time: 117 minutes

AFTER THE STORM
AFTER THE STORM
AFTER THE STORM
AFTER THE STORM

Ryota is a washed-up author, still clinging to the glory days of his successful, but now forgotten, debut novel. Hit by a severe case of writer’s block, he’s forced to take a job as a private investigator. To save face, he tells his friends and family that it’s merely “research” for his next book. The truth is, he’s falling apart. His wife Kyoko has left him, he barely gets to see his son Shingo, and the little money he makes is gambled away. He’s even resorted to pawning off his deceased father’s possessions. The only stable thing left is his mother (played by the terrific Kirin Kiki), a hilarious, metaphor-slinging old woman, who is still holding out hope for her son’s triumphant comeback. As a terrifying typhoon begins to wreak havoc on their Japanese city, Ryota finds himself stuck in a predicament that could help him undo the damage he’s done with Kyoko and Shingo. Can the storm bring them together, or is their family forever fractured? It’s make or break for Ryota in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s warmly relatable drama, AFTER THE STORM. (In Japanese with subtitles) —E.F.

CIFF41 Screenings

Tower City Cinemas

Wednesday, April 05, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Thursday, April 06, 2017 at 7:10 PM

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PAN-ASIAN FILMS

Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda

Hirokazu Kore-eda was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. He studied literature at Waseda University. He began his career as an assistant director for the Japanese production company TV Man Union.

Filmography
"However…" (1991), "Lessons From A Calf" (1991), "August Without Him" (1994), "Maborosi" (1995), "Without Memory" (1996), "After Life" (1998), "Distance" (2001), "Nobody Knows" (2004), "Hana" (2006), "Still Walking" (2008), "Air Doll" (2009), "I Wish" (2011), "Like Father, Like Son" (2013), "Our Little Sister" (2015), AFTER THE STORM (2016)

Producers
Takashi Ishihara, Kazumi Kawashiro, Tsugihiko Fujiwara, Tom Yoda

Screenwriting
Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cinematography
Yutaka Yamazaki

Editing
Hirokazu Kore-eda

Principal Cast
Hiroshi Abe, Yoko Maki, Kirin Kiki, Taiyo Yoshizawa

Community Partners

Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque

Recovery Resources

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