Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo

| Say Cheese
(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

In a quiet studio in Tokyo, an iconic filmmaker poses for a passport photo that may lead him nowhere, whilst the widow who runs the studio meticulously prepares the shot, tracing the fragile persistence of memory and time.

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  • Duration: 27 Min.
  • Countries: Germany, France, Japan
  • Languages: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Production year: 2026
  • Premiere: German Premiere

  • Director: Kamal Aljafari
  • Camera: Neo Sora
  • Editing: Yannig Willmann
  • Sound: Takuya Kawakami
  • Production: Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino
  • Website: https://kamalaljafari.art/