First Look Trailer for ‘The Cats of Gokogu Shrine’ Japanese Doc Film
by Alex Billington
February 6, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Kazuhiro Soda depicts a fascinating, harsh, stunning world.” Berlinale has debuted a pleasant pageant promo trailer for a cute Japanese documentary movie titled The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, the latest work made by Japanese doc filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda. This purely observational doc is about road cats; Soda beforehand filmed road cats in his doc Peace (2010). An ample group of cats has arrange home across the Shinto shrine in Ushimado. Some native residents handle them, whereas others are disturbed by their mess. The filmmaker observes their co-existence with kindness, precision and occasional involvement. In this humble little movie, the traditional small Gokogu Shrine is the observatory of the advanced relationship between individuals and nature. A chronicle of the inconvenient reality on how even nature doesn’t match our civilized life. This movie is premiering on the 2024 Berlin Film Festival kicking off this month. It seems like a beautiful portrait of life on this small city, about all of the people and all of the cats collectively, and the way they work together and spend their time.
Festival promo trailer (+ poster) for Kazuhiro Sôda’s doc The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, from YouTube:
Full intro: “Gokogu is a small, historical Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan (Google Maps). Home to dozens of road cats, it is usually referred to as Cat Shrine. Many individuals go to the shrine for numerous causes: some to worship gods, others to take pleasure in gardening. Some individuals come to wash the shrine as volunteers whereas others simply cease by on their approach to fish Japanese sardinella –– and it’s the good place for youths to play after college. It is a heaven for cat-loving residents and guests, too. Gokogu seems peaceable on the floor, however it is usually the epicenter of a delicate concern that divides the area people. Master Soda began rolling his digicam to watch and depict the getting old, conventional group and its religious heart Gokogu.” The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, also called 五香宮の猫 or Gokogu no Neko in Japanese, is directed by Japanese doc producer / filmmaker Kazuhiro Sôda, director of many movies together with Campaign 1 & 2, Mental, Peace, Theatre 1 & 2, Oyster Factory, The Big House, Inland Sea, and Zero beforehand. Produced by Kazuhiro Sōda & Kiyoko Kashiwagi. This will premiere on the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. No different launch dates are set but.
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