The Chatterboxes
日本手話とクルド語を題材に、ろう者の日本人家族とクルド人一家が繰り広げる誇り高き小競り合いの行方を描いたコメディ。 古賀夏海は電器店を営むろう者の父と弟と暮らしているが、ある日、一家は同じ町に暮らすクルド人家族と些細なすれ違いから対立してしまう。両者の通訳として駆り出されたのは聴者である夏海と、クルド人一家の中で唯一日本語を話せるヒワだった。お互いの家族の通訳をするなかで、夏海とヒワの間には次第に信頼関係が生まれるが、両家の対立は深まるばかり。そんなある日、夏海の弟・駿が描いた謎の文字が、町を巻き込む事態へと発展してしまう。 「愛のゆくえ」の長澤樹が主人公・夏海を演じ、東京・西日暮里でラーメン店を営むろう者の毛塚和義が夏海の父役で演技に初挑戦。テレビドラマ「デフ・ヴォイス 法廷の手話通訳士」の那須英彰と「ぼくが生きてる、ふたつの世界」の今井彰人が父の友人役、「笑いのカイブツ」の板橋駿谷が町おこしを計画する団体職員役、「ハケンアニメ!」の小野花梨がろう学校の先生役で共演。「なんのちゃんの第二次世界大戦」などの監督作で知られ、自身もCODA(ろう者の親を持つ聴者の子ども)である河合健がメガホンをとった。
A comedy about a prideful feud between a deaf Japanese family and a Kurdish family, told through Japanese Sign Language and Kurdish. Natsumi Koga lives with her deaf father and younger brother, who run an electronics shop. One day, their family gets into a minor conflict with a Kurdish family living in the same town. Natsumi, who can hear, and Hiwa, the only member of the Kurdish family who speaks Japanese, are drafted as interpreters for their respective families. As they interpret for each other, a bond of trust grows between Natsumi and Hiwa, but the conflict between the two families only deepens. Then one day, a mysterious drawing by Natsumi's younger brother Shun escalates into an incident that engulfs the entire town. Nagisa Nagashima of "The End of Love" plays the protagonist Natsumi. Kazuyoshi Kezuka, a deaf ramen shop owner in Tokyo's Nishi-Nippori, makes his acting debut as Natsumi's father. Hideaki Nasu of the TV drama "Deaf Voice: Court Sign Language Interpreter" and Akito Imai of "The Two Worlds of My Life" play the father's friends. Shunya Itabashi of "Laughing Kaibutsu" plays a community organizer planning a town revitalization project, and Karin Ono of "Animation x Paralympic: Who Is the Hero?" plays a teacher at a school for the deaf. The film is directed by Ken Kawai, known for works like "Nanno-chan's Second World War" and who is himself a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults).
Source: cinematokyo.com · Tokyo mini-theater & independent cinema showtimes.