STORY
１９９９年早春に奈良県の小さな村で映画上映会が催された。丸太で組まれたテント会場。観客として集まったのは近くで暮らす村人たち。田んぼ仕事や旅行にと仲良き２０人だった。 ｢肩を寄せあって｣は上映会から２０年が経った村の記録。 村人たちのその後を紡ぐ。亡くなられた人や元気な人。大切な思い出が交錯する。横田監督の父もまた観客のひとりだった。昭和６年生まれ。戦後を逞しく生きた人生。しかし撮影時は肺を患って入院中。最期のときを迎えようとしていた。
共に生きて、共にいつかは亡くなってゆく、そんな人々の姿を描くドキュメンタリー。監督自身による朴訥なナレーションが温かい雰囲気を醸しだしている。
Kata wo yoseatte
A film screening was held in a small village in Nara in the early spring of 1999.
A tent was set for the venue built with logs.
The audience was the village folk.
They were close neighbors who had been working in the paddies and sometimes went on a trip together.
“Kata wo yoseatte” is a record of this village 20 years after the screening.
Gathering the threads of the folk’s later life.
Some had passed away; others are still well.
Everyone recalls their precious memories.
Director Yokota’s father was one of the audience.
He was born in 1931 and lived vigorously after World War II.
However, he was in a hospital having lung trouble during the shooting.
He was in his last days.
This is a documentary film that describes those people who have lived together and would pass away together someday. The simple and unsophisticated narration by Director Yokota sounds warm throughout the film.
This is a documentary film that describes those people who have lived together and would pass away together someday. The simple and unsophisticated narration by Director Yokota sounds warm throughout the film.
