Waiting for the Pianist...

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SHICHIRI Kei
Japan
DCP
2024
Color
61min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2025 Brive Film Festival

Synopsis

Beyond the glass, a night that never dawns. The automatic doors work just fine, yet for some reason, it isn’t possible to leave… Shunsuke awakes to find himself trapped. The building is familiar, as are certain of his fellow “prisoners”—members of his old university theatre club. Despite the irrationality of their plight, the group begins rehearsing a play… This film is based on a short film produced to commemorate the opening of the Murakami Haruki Library (The Waseda International House of Literature), and has been completed as a theatrical release (director's cut) version.

Team

Director

SHICHIRI Kei

SHICHIRI Kei was born in 1967. After honing his craft as an assistant director and directing TV dramas, he made his feature debut with My Easygoing Sister (2004), followed by Once Upon a Dream (2007), his best-known film. He has collaborated with artists on everything from experimental films to video performance pieces.

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Schedule

Cinema	Auditorium	Time	Notes
Kaohsiung Film Archive	3F Screening Room	2025/10/13 Monday 19:30	★ ▲
Kaohsiung Film Archive	3F Screening Room	2025/10/25 Saturday 11:30	▲

※ Notes: ★ With filmmakers' attendance/talks ▲ Non-English language films without English subtitles

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