The Connecting Bridge
架け橋 きこえなかった3.11
Imamura Ayako
Japan/74min./2013
There should never be any difference in people's accessibility to information that can save their lives. I visited the Miyagi area eleven days after the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster happened, and filmed over a period of two years and four months. This is a documentary that tells the story of the situation of deaf people in that area, information that did not appear on regular television news programs or in daily newspapers.
| Title in English | The Connecting Bridge |
|---|---|
| Title in Original Language | 架け橋 きこえなかった3.11 |
| Director(s) | Imamura Ayako |
| Director's Bio/Filmography | Born in Nagoya, Japan. President of Studio AYA. Graduated from Toyohashi school for the deaf and Aichi University of Education. She also studied film industry, American sign language and deaf culture at California State University Northridge, while attending Aichi University. Her feature documentary "Coffee to enpitsu" (Coffee and Pencil) (2011) has been shown at Japanese theaters nationwide. She did research about the experience of the deaf people who were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake for two years and four months, which resulted in her acclaimed documentary "The Connecting Bridge" (2013). Her filmography also includes bicycle road movie "Start Line" (2016, YIDFF2017 YIDFF Network Special Screening) and educational video about the deaf LGBT people, "11 sai no kimie - iron'na katachino suki" (2018, MEXT- Selected Film). |
| Year of Completion | 2013 |
| Nationality of the Film | Japan |
| Running Time | 74 min. |
| Aspect Ratio | Video: 4：3 |
| Color | Color |
| Screening Format | BDDVD |
| Shooting Locations | Miyagi, Fukushima |
| Shooting Dates/Periods | March 22, 2011 〜 July 2013 |
| Names of Characters | Koizumi Shoju, Kikuchi Nobuko, Sai Teruo, Sai Naoko |
| Language of Commentary and Dialogue | Japanese,Sign Language |
| Subtitles | Japanese,English, |
| Date of First Public Screening | 2013/8/17 |
| Place of First Public Screening (Country) | Japan |
| Date of First Public Screening in Japan | |
| Previous Screenings at Other Film Festivals and Events | Nippon Connection 2014 (Germany), Human Documentary Film Festival Abeno 2014 (Osaka), Aichi International Women's Film Festival 2014 (Aichi) |
| Staff Credits |
Script: Imamura Ayako Photography: Imamura Ayako Editing: Imamura Ayako Sound: Tokoro Iori Music: Kojima Kazuhiro Narration: Kojima Kazuhiro |
| Producer | Imamura Ayako |
| Distributor / Distribution Company | Studio AYA |
| Official Website for the Film | http://studioaya-movie.com/kakehashi/index.html |
| Other Online Access to the film | https://www.studioaya.com/kakehashi |
| Screenings at the Past YIDFF Programs and Events | None |
