THE DEVIL WEARS JU-NI HITOE KIMONO『十二単衣を着た悪魔』
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Festival Period: June 5 - 27, 2021
THE DEVIL WEARS JU-NI HITOE KIMONO『十二単衣を着た悪魔』
112 mins | 2020 | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
Director: Hitomi Kuroki
Starring: Kentaro Ito, Ayaka Miyoshi, Sairi Ito, Naho Toda, Yusuke Iseya, Momiji Yamamura
©2019 "The Devil Wears Juni-Hitoe Kimono" Film Partners
内館牧子の長編小説「十二単衣を着た悪魔 源氏物語異聞」を女優・黒木瞳が映画化。源氏物語の世界に紛れ込んだ現代の青年が、美しくも強い弘徽殿女御に翻弄されながらも成長していく姿を描く。有名大学に受かった弟に劣等感を抱く、フリーターの雷は就職試験に落ちてばかりの上に、彼女にもフラれてしまう。アルバイトで「源氏物語」イベント展の設営をした雷は、帰宅途中に激しい雷雨に襲われて「源氏物語」の世界にタイムスリップしてしまう。アルバイト先で配られたあらすじ本のおかげでストーリーを把握している雷は陰陽師として弘徽殿女御に見いだされるが、、、
監督：黒木瞳『嫌な女』
出演：伊藤健太郎、三吉彩花、伊藤沙莉、戸田菜穂、伊勢谷友介
