Duckling
What is “Family”? What is “me”? As Japan’s communal family system collapses and families become more nuclear, the relationship between “me” and “family” shifts. We hear about so many incidents around the world every day, but the relationship between “me” and “my family” seems the most common problem. The massacre in Akihabara, the fatal stabbing of a father in Kawaguchi City by his middle school aged daughter… many incidents in Japan hide family problems behind. As the director Sayaka Ono completely exposes herself in front of the camera, the impulse of self-hate that she spreads about gouges out various “family” issues such as the difference in values between parents and children, love-hate relationship between two sisters, sexual abuse incidents never spoken of…. This ambiguous but strong impulse will shake the notion of family in each audience. This story is not only about Sayaka and her family. It is also a contemporary story of you and your family.
2005 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, Canada, Official Invitation
2005 Shadow Documentary Film Festival (The Netherlands), Official Invitation
Director: Sayaka Ono
Born in 1984 in Ehime. After high school, she moved to Tokyo and entered Japan Academy of Moving Images. From the second year on, she joined the moving image journal seminars and studied documentary production. Duckling is her graduation work.
Executive Director: Kazuo Hara
Renowned radical filmmaker of “Good Bye CP, ” “Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974,” “Emperor’s Naked Army Marched On” among others.
Camera: Daido Yamauchi
Sound: Kozue Ito
Producer/Editor: Kazuo Osawa
Music: Rie Ogura
Advisors: Sachiko Kobayashi, Toyohiko Kuribayashi, Fumiyuki Hamaguchi