Matagi (1984)
- Original title
- マタギ
- Directed by
- Toshio Gotō
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An old bear hunter from a traditional Japanese hunting community sets out to track a giant bear that mauled him years ago. The film follows his solitary journey through the mountains as he confronts the beast and his own past.
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What happens
Matagi (Japanese: マタギ), known in English as The Old Bear Hunter, is a 1982 Japanese docufiction drama film directed by Toshio Gotō and co-written by Gotō with Atsushi Yamatoya. It was Gotō's second film as a director, following Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen. The film depicts the story of a Matagi who sets out to hunt the giant bear that scarred him years earlier. It stars Kō Nishimura in the lead role, in addition to Yoshito Anpo, Yoshio Inaba, Goichi Yamada and Yue Hayashi. The score was composed by Kentarō Haneda. Matagi was theatrically released by SEIDO Productions and Daiei Film on January 25, 1982, in Japan. The film was shown at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it was an honorable mention for the UNICEF Award. Gotō would later direct a spiritual successor to Matagi, known as Itazu Kuma (1987). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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