FAKE
Born to atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Mamoru Samuragochi, a self-taught classical composer with a degenerative condition causing deafness, was celebrated as a "Japanese Beethoven" for the digital age. However, just prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Samuragochi's "Sonatina for Violin" was to accompany figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, part-time university lecturer Takashi Niigaki revealed that he had served as the composer's ghostwriter for 18 years, that Samuragochi couldn't notate music and, in fact, could hear perfectly. As Samuragochi's recordings were pulled and performances cancelled, Niigaki enjoyed success on TV talk shows. Filmmaker Tatsuya Mori finds Samuragochi in his small Yokohama apartment with his wife and cat, ready to tell his side of the story. A mesmerizing character study skewering media duplicity and constructions of ability/disability, in which Samuragochi's career has collapsed, taking fact and fiction with it.
Year: 2016
Genre: Documentary
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Director: Tatsuya Mori
Cast: Mamoru Samuragochi, Tatsuya Mori, Takashi Niigaki
Crew: Yoshiko Hashimoto (Producer), Yutaka Yamazaki (Cinematography), Tatsuya Mori (Cinematography), Keita Suzuo (Editor), Tatsuya Mori (Director)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Release: Jun 04, 2016
IMDb: 5.20/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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