“Kaohsiung Terrace Festival” will be held on September 28th! *Terrace Side Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 5, 2024
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“Kaohsiung Terrace Festival” will be held on September 28th! *Four masterpieces from Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 will be screened for the first time in Tokyo! *
Terrace Side Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo;
Representative Director: Takumi Enohata), which handles video production and web production business, collaborates with Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Film Festival to spread awareness of the charm of Taiwan’s talented creators. For this reason, we have decided to hold an event to screen four short films that were screened at the Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 for the first time in Tokyo.
* ■Event overview*
・Event name: “Kaohsiung Terrace Festival 2024”
・Date and time: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 20:15-21:50 (doors open from 20:00)
・Venue: Stranger Movie Theater (Kikugawa Kaikan Building 1F, 3-7-1 Kikugawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
https://stranger.jp/
・Format: Film screening
・Sponsor: Terrace Side Co., Ltd.
・Official website: https://terraceside.com/kaohsiung-fes2024
* ■Screening works*
* “Goodbye Dead Ball” Director: YANG Shen-hao *
Ah-sho, a member of a special fraud group, is a former baseball player. Together with his young son, he earned a small amount of money by hitting the jackpot as if it were a game. However, as the authorities begin to investigate, Ahsho is forced to flee the country. As Asho prepares to say goodbye to his son tomorrow, he feels conflicted about it even as he enjoys his favorite baseball game with him, but the son, who believes that if he has the money he can avoid having to part with his father, takes an unexpected action.
* “Same” Director: Hsu Sheng-tsung *
High school student Tozai is in the midst of adolescence. The source of his troubles is that his father, who works in deep-sea fishing, has returned home. Father and son are confused about how to interact with each other because they don’t have the opportunity to see each other on a regular basis. Although his father was not good at life on a ship, he continued to work to support his family. Tozai happened to learn of his father’s suffering. The previously awkward parent-child relationship gradually changes.
* “The Girl on Wufu Road” Director: Ding Guan-hou TENG Kun-hou * One day, as her husband’s car heads down a familiar road, Ota’s memories of high school suddenly come flooding back, and she begins to reminisce about those days. For her, who grew up on “Wofukuro” from an early age, it is a special place filled with nostalgic memories of her youth. The film, which is an adaptation of the short story of the same name by Lin Xiu-hei, is set on Wufu Road in Kaohsiung, and slowly depicts the growth of the main character, Xiaotae, from a girl to a woman.
* “Can I run away for a little while? ” Director: WU Zi-En* Hikotetsu, who works for a real estate company, feels the pressure of a job that requires high performance and runs away from the job. Having no idea where to go, I ended up in an unsold newly built property. He buys a property and brings a sex service woman into his home to satisfy his physical desires, but through a casual
conversation with her, he begins to develop hopes for his home and future… Sometimes it’s important to run away! ? What was Tozai’s answer?
* ■Ticket information*
・Ticket sales start from 12:00 on Thursday, September 5, 2024 ・All seats reserved on a first-come, first-served basis
・Admission fee: 2000 yen (tax included)
・Ticket sales site: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/kaohsiung-terrace2024
*Terrace Side Co., Ltd.*
Location: 1-20-13 Chihaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Established: February 21, 2019
Representative: Takumi Enohata, Representative Director and President Business content: Video production, website production, entertainment tech, etc. Official website: https://terraceside.com/