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APPROPIATE

2016 / 58min.

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Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Documentary without audio produced by deaf people. Music is depicted visually with the complete absence of musical instruments or voices. Directed by Makihara Eri and choreographer Dakei. With a diverse lineup including ordinary deaf people with zero acting experience and a choreographer who performs in Japan and abroad, this film pulls out all the tops to give visual expression to music through the physical body. An aging man uses multiple sign language poems to convey the four seasons, and a girl expresses the wind amidst the rustling trees.

Directors

Dakei

Eri Makihara

Actors

Akihiro Yonaiyama

Daisuke Ikeda

Chie Honma

Miho Sano

Takaki Yashiro

Tomomi Yokoo

Fumiko Koizumi

Shizue Sazawa

Karin Ikeda

Aya Okamoto

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