Israel-Japan-Tohoku Initiative 2021" Short film project "Nowhere to go but everywhere"

Israel-Japan-Tohoku Initiative 2021"

Short film project "Nowhere to go but everywhere"

March 11, 2022 (Friday) Online special screening decision in Japan and Israel

Film “nowhere to go but everywhere” Online release on March 11, 2022

(Israel ・ Japan --Tohoku Initiative 2021)

Event Details

The short documentary film "Nowhere to go but everywhere" was produced this spring as a project to commemorate the victims of the earthquake by the Israeli Embassy in Japan at the 10th commemoration of the Great East Japan Earthquake. 

This work is a documentary told in the words of Mr. Yasuo Takamatsu, who lost his beloved wife in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and continues to search for her. Since the Israeli Embassy in Japan was the first to support Minamisanriku town when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, Masako Tsumura, a videographer based in Japan and the United States, and Mr. Eric Shirai directed and produced with the full support of the Embassy. 

The original soundtrack is composed by Shai Maestro, a popular Israeli jazz pianist. And the text is contriubted by David Grossman, a leading Israeli writer and social activist.

Along with the release, a special event of the screening and a talk session with the director and Mr. Yasuo Takamatsu will be held on zoom from 12:00 noon (local time) on March 11th at Jaffa Cinema in Tel Aviv, Israel.

* The main movie will be released on the official website at "March 11 (Friday) midnight (0:00)".

<Comments by Masako Tsumura and Eric Shirai (Director)>

"Nowhere to go but everywhere" is the word we muttered like a mantra when the global pandemic began in 2020 and the visible world changed drastically. By chanting this, we were reaffirmed that our minds always have endless possibilities and freedom, even if we are physically in lockdown. At that time, the Israeli Embassy in Japan talked about a project of collaboration between Israeli and Japanese artists in memory of the victims of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, and it was time to visualize the rare true story of Mr. Yasuo Takamatsu. Takamatsu lost her beloved wife in the tsunami, but in order to face the great loss, he learned a skill of diving, dived into the sea that robbed and killed her, and went looking for her. I left myself to the endless flow of the tide, and as I continued my search, I found an unexpected healing there. As we live in a fragile era where we cannot see the future, we have created "Nowhere to go but everywhere" as a sign that reminds us of the resilience of our spirit, which is brought about by the delicate relationship between humans and nature.

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Israel-Japan-Tohoku Initiative 2021