黒の牛
Black Ox
禅に伝わる悟りまでの道程を10枚の牛の絵で表した「十牛図（じゅうぎゅうず）」に着想を得て制作された、日本・台湾・アメリカの合作による映像詩。「祖谷物語 おくのひと」で国内外から注目を集めた蔦哲一朗が監督・脚本を手がけ、8年の歳月をかけて完成させた。 急速に変化していく時代のなかで、住む山を失い放浪の旅を続ける狩猟民の男。山中で神々しい黒い牛と出会った彼は、抵抗する牛を力ずくで連れ帰り、人里離れた民家でともに暮らしはじめる。生きるために大地を耕す男と牛だったが、自然の猛威を前に息を合わせることができない。しかし、ある禅僧との出会いをきっかけに、男と牛は次第に心を通わせていく。 「郊遊 ピクニック」などツァイ・ミンリャン監督作の常連俳優として知られる台湾の名優リー・カンションが主演を務め、俳優としても活躍するダンサーの田中泯が禅僧役で共演。全編をフィルムで撮影し、長編劇映画としては日本初となる70ミリフィルムも一部使用。音楽には生前に本作への参加を表明していた坂本龍一の楽曲を使用した。2024年・第37回東京国際映画祭「アジアの未来」部門にてプレミア上映された後、2025年・第49回香港国際映画祭で最高賞のFirebird Awardを受賞。
A visual poem co-produced by Japan, Taiwan, and the United States, inspired by the "Ten Ox Herding Pictures," which depict the path to enlightenment in Zen using ten images of oxen. Directed and written by Tetsuichiro Tsuta, who gained domestic and international attention for "The Ravine of Goodbye," the film took eight years to complete. A hunter, forced to wander as he loses his mountain home in a rapidly changing era, encounters a majestic black ox in the mountains. He forcibly brings the resisting ox back and begins living with it in a remote house. The man and the ox till the land to survive, but they cannot see eye to eye in the face of nature's fury. However, an encounter with a Zen monk gradually brings the man and the ox to understand each other. Taiwanese acclaimed actor Lee Kang-sheng, known for his frequent roles in Tsai Ming-liang's films like "Stray Dogs," stars, with dancer Min Tanaka, also active as an actor, co-starring as the Zen monk. The entire film was shot on film, with some portions using 70mm film, a first for a Japanese feature film. The music uses compositions by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who had expressed his intention to participate in the project before his death. After its premiere at the "Asian Future" section of the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024, it won the top prize, the Firebird Award, at the 49th Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2025.
上映スケジュール / Showtimes
Source: cinematokyo.com · Tokyo mini-theater & independent cinema showtimes.