Nabbies Liebe

In the organizer's words:

ナビィの恋 Nabii no koi

Director: NAKAE Yûji
1999, 92 minutes, original language, 16 mm

This music-filled film is set on a small tropical island in Okinawa and tells the cheerful yet tragic story of a love that lasts a lifetime despite social conventions.

Young Nanako gives up her job in Tokyo to return to her home island, where her grandmother Nabbie and grandfather Keitatsu live. On the ferry, she notices an elderly gentleman called SunRa, who seems to have a special relationship with the island.

Life is tranquil and bougainvilleas bloom everywhere in the grandparents' garden. But one day, Nanako sees Nabbie and SunRa in each other's arms. She keeps the secret to herself, but the conservative islanders find out about it and are shocked. After 60 years, Nabbie is once again faced with an important decision.

Film series
Films about being on the road - moving Japanese stories

As part of the TABI - On the Road theme month, we are showing films that tell moving stories of people who embark not only on an external but also an internal journey and are faced with unexpected challenges, whether voluntarily or by force.

It begins with a science fiction about a young girl who, after an incident in the school laboratory, gains the ability to travel through time and predict things(Toki o kakeru shôjo). This is followed by an episode of a long-running cult series about the likeable anti-hero Tora-san, who experiences the joys and sorrows of love first-hand on one of his journeys to the various regions of Japan(Otoko wa tsurai yo, Shibamata yori ai o komete).

However, leaving for a distant place can also mean a painful farewell, the wounds of which you carry with you for a lifetime, as a drama set in Okinawa vividly shows(Nabii no koi). The third part of the Kita-Kyûshû trilogy by Aoyama Shinji is dedicated to society's stranded and their long-suppressed emotions(Saddo vakeishon). The series is rounded off by a road movie about a middle-aged woman who has lived isolated from society for many years and is forced to embark on an upsetting journey following the death of her father(Roppyaku gojûhachi kiro, Yôko no tabi).

Price information:

Admission free