JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

Cinema Fest

Polan

NAKAMURA Kota

Japan 2022 75min DCP Color/B&W Documentary GInternational Premiere

Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
218	2023. 04. 29	10:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 10	HKEGGV	Ticket Wish
423	2023. 05. 01	13:30	CGV Jeonjugosa 5	HKEGGV	Ticket Wish
723	2023. 05. 04	16:30	CGV Jeonjugosa 3	HKEG	Ticket Wish

Overview

An elderly couple continues their routine even as they prepare for the closure of their bookshop, POLAN SHOBO. Kyosuke, the bookseller, says farewell to the customers, and the shelves are taken down. His wife, Chiseko, starts managing an online shop while Yuki, a staff member, decides to open her own bookshop.

Review

Located northwest of central Tokyo, Nerima-ku is a typical bed town with a population that only flows during rush hour. Polan is a small used bookstore in a secluded area a little far from the center of Nerima-ku, but it is bustling with customers of all tastes and has been in business for 35 years. The shy owner, Ishida and Chiseko Kyosuke couple, and Minami Yuki who has worked as a clerk since the store’s inception, tried to make Polan a cultural facility rather than just a bookstore, hosting concerts and readings to make it a local landmark. But they were unable to overcome the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and eventually closed the store on February 7, 2021. This film documents a month from January 2021 to February, when the bookstore closed. Its slow-paced shot show the shutdown discount, the packing of stock, and the dismantling of bookshelves and other longstanding furniture. The moment that all books that used to fill the small bookstore are gone, and the bookshelves are being disassembled one by one, how it feels so forlorn… (CHUN Jinsu)

CREDIT

DirectorNAKAMURA Kota
ProducerNAKAMURA Kota
CinematographyNAKAMURA Kota

MusicYAMAZAKI Yuta
EditorNAKAMURA Kota
SoundNAKAMURA Kota

CastISHIDA Kyosuke, ISHIDA Chiseko, MINAMI Yuki

FILM SOURCE

Kota NAKAMURA ㅣ kotankmr.film@gmail.com

DIRECTOR

NAKAMURA Kota

Born in 1998, Tokyo, Japan. He made short films before Polan (2022), which was screened at the Pia FF and Tokyo Documentary FF 2022.

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