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Wide Angle, 2025

Numakage Public Pool

누마카게 시립 수영장

Director OTA Shingo

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City/UrbanizationLGBTQ+True StoryComedy/Satire

Affectionately nicknamed ‘the ocean,’ Numakage Public Pool in Saitama, just outside Tokyo, has defined summer for local residents for 52 years. Yet, in the summer of 2023, the city demolishes the pool against the wishes of the community. Framed around Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—the film juxtaposes the death of a place with the death of a person. Layering the scenery from inside and outside the pool with personal stories, it documents the loss of space in the universal language of sorrow. The director subtly weaves dramatic elements into these valuable records, highlighting the significance of the space of the pool in a cinematic way. A remarkable film that plainly yet also humorously captures the ache of loss, it will guide each viewer to their own ‘lost place’ in memory after the credits roll.

Programme note by JO Ji-hoon

Stills5

Numakage Public Pool 1 — Hydroblast

Numakage Public Pool 2 — Hydroblast

Numakage Public Pool 3 — Hydroblast

Numakage Public Pool 4 — Hydroblast

Numakage Public Pool 5 — Hydroblast

Screenings3

Sat, 09/20

20:3022:15

CGV Centum City 2

187Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Mon, 09/22

19:3021:15

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 2

367Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Wed, 09/24

16:3017:50

CGV Centum City 3

505KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: OTA Shingo
Country/Region: Japan
Year: 2025
Length: 80min
Section: Wide Angle
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Japanese
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb TMDB

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OTA Shingo

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Director: OTA Shingo
Producer: Kyoko TAKENAKA
Cast: Takashi AIDA, Toshi DOUGLAS, Noriko OKURA, Ryusei ARAOKA, Noriko TATSU, Iseki, Hayato OKURA
Cinematography: OTA Shingo, Masayuki YONAHA, Yoshiki UENOSONO
Editing: OTA Shingo
Sound: Satoru IIZUKA, Maxime LAUREATE, Akira OSABE
Music: Kazuhisa UCHIHASHI
Production company: Hydroblast

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