8 Views of Lake Biwa (2024)
Drama
"8 views" is an eastern art tradition where one place (primarily the area around Lake Biwa in Japan) is described through eight motifs, among which are scarlet, snow, sailboats returning home in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, gust of wind, flight of forest geese. These motifs frame eight intertwining tragic love stories, the setting of which are modern Russian fishing villages of old believers on the border of Estonian-Russian settlements and cultures by Lake Peipsi. The spiritualization of everything living and inanimate from Japanese animism, the eroticism of shunga and the humble language of prayer merge into a spiritual and magical world of a small community, where one still believes that one is connected with everything.
Cast
Hanake
Õnne
Okuro
Nina
Siimeon
Johannes
Arkadi
Hall Guard
Stefanus
Officer
Timofei
Nadja
Rabbit Eye
Olger
Andrei
Seashell
Ain
Roman
Planton
Kiri
Crew
Director
Writer
Producer
Producer
Makeup Artist
Casting
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Line Producer
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Set Dresser
Sound Designer
Sound Recordist
Stunt Coordinator
Production Design
Music
Makeup Designer
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Boom Operator
Standby Property Master
Gaffer
Animation
Key Grip
Key Grip
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Director of Photography
Third Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Electrician
Electrician
Digital Imaging Technician
Electrician
Novel
Editor
Original Music Composer
Graphic Designer