21 Up Japan (2007)
- Directed by
- Kimiko Fukuda
- Genre
- documentary television film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- 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
This documentary checks in on thirteen Japanese people at age 21, having first filmed them at age 7 and 14. They talk about their families, their futures, and how their lives have changed since the last visit.
reflectiveobservationalpoignantrestrainedintimatethoughtfulnostalgicrevealing
What happens
21 Up Japan (Japanese: 7年ごとの成長記録 21歳になりました) is a 2006 television documentary film produced by Granada International and NHK. As an extension of the Up series, it follows thirteen children living in different parts of Japan by visiting them every seven years. In the third production of the "Up Japan" series they are asked to talk about their lives, families and future as on the previous two visits. Their circumstances are vastly different from each other. Some live in politically sensitive areas like Eri and Maki in Okinawa near a US military base, Sanae near the disputed Kuril Islands, while others like Yoshio and Mitsukatsu live with two different ancestral cultures. Some still live with their parents, while others live independent of their family, by or not by choice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fourteen (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.