Under Snow
Original Title
Unter Schnee- Director: Ulrike Ottinger
- Writer: Ulrike Ottinger
- Producer: Heino Deckert; Ulrike Ottinger
CGiii Comment
In Echigo in Japan the snow often lies several feet deep well into May covering landscape and villages. Over the centuries the inhabitants have organized their lives accordingly. In order to record their very distinctive forms of everyday life, their festivals and religious rituals Ulrike Ottinger journeyed to the mythical snow country - accompanied by two Kabuki performers. Taking the parts of the students Takeo and Mako they follow in the footsteps of Bokushi Suzuki who in the mid-19th century wrote his remarkable book 'Snow Country Tales'.
Trailer...
Under Snow (2011) from ma.ja.de. on Vimeo.
Cast & Characters
Setsuko Arakawa;
Kiyotsugu Fujima;
Takamasa Fujima;
Hiroomi Fukuzawa;
Nori Katsumata;
Eva Mattes as Narrator;
Akemi Takanami;
Yumiko Tanaka;
Yoko Tawada;
Toru Yoshihara