The Woodsman and the Rain

  • Kitsutsuki to ame キツツキと雨
  • Director: Shuichi OKITA
  • Japan 2011, 35mm, 129 Min., Japanese with English subtitles

60-year-old Katsu enjoys his tranquil life in the woods. Suddenly a film crew bursts into the scenery and interrupts his work with the shooting of a zombie film. An improbable friendship develops between the rustic lumberjack and the nervous and insecure rookie-director Koichi.