Karakara (film)

Karakara
Film poster
Directed byClaude Gagnon
Written byClaude Gagnon
Produced byClaude Gagnon
Samuel Gagnon
Takako Miyahira
StarringGabriel Arcand
Youki Kudoh
CinematographyMichel St-Martin
Edited byClaude Gagnon
Music byYukito Ara
Production
companies
Kukuru Vision
Zuno Films
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release date
  • August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) (MWFF)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French
Japanese

Karakara is a Canadian drama film, directed by Claude Gagnon and released in 2012.[1] The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Pierre, a professor from Quebec who is on sabbatical in Okinawa to reevaluate his life after the death of his friend, and is drawn into a love affair with Junko (Youki Kudoh), a local woman fleeing an abusive husband who offers to be his tour guide.[2]

The film's screenplay was partially inspired by Gagnon's own trip to Japan following the death of one of his closest friends.[3] The film was shot in 2011,[4] and premiered at the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival.[5]

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Karakara – Film de Claude Gagnon". Films du Québec, August 1, 2012.
  2. ^ Brendan Kelly, "An unusual love story, by an unusual director". Montreal Gazette, August 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Claude Gagnon keeps his friends close; The Quebec director is as steadfast in his support of Serge Losique's festival as he is in his support of the Habs". Montreal Gazette, August 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Le realisateur Claude Gagnon conclut le tournage de son nouveau long metrage: Claude Gagnon conclut le tournage de Karakara". Canadian Press, December 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "Le film «Karakara», de Claude Gagnon, sera en competition au FFM". Canadian Press, August 7, 2012.