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A bold and angry vision of contemporary Japan from one of its most undersung filmmakers.-----
~~ This session is co-presented by the Japanese Film Festival ~~
~~ Screens as part of our Saturday Night Double Feature ~~
~~ Single and heavily discounted double feature tickets available ~~
Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a plague spread through the small town, and people experience an unexplainable mental illness. A young Shugendo practitioner goes missing only to resurface transformed, intent on exorcising the world from the monsters haunting it. With this blistering feature, director Toshiaki Toyoda sets out to “exorcise a society obsessed with the monstrosity of self-interest and greed.”
“The Day of Destruction returns Toyoda to the disillusioned rage of his early career in a painful wail of protest against an infinitely self-interested society…”- Hayley Scanlon, Windows on Worlds
Screens with: Wolf's Calling (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2019) - A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai.
Original title: 破壊の日
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
Runtime: 60 minutes
Classification: 15+
Festivals: Japan Cuts, Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
Premiere: Australian premiere
Country: Japan
Year: 2020
Language: Japanese
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Tix: $20 / $15 / $15 / $12.50 / $12 / $9.50 (Double Feature [w/ A Nightmare on Elm Street] / Member Double / General / Concession / Member / Conc. Member)
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The Day of Destruction screens as part of Dreamscapes: A Static Vision Festival (14-16 May).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pink Flamingo Cinema, 18-24 Sydney Street, Marrickville, Australia
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