Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
東京國際同志影展參展作品
聽障人士 Hana 和 Ayum i於一個手語社團中相識。在二人情誼日漸升溫的同時,首次被同性吸引的 Hana,心裡不免有些困惑。不過,她仍決定鼓起勇氣,向雙親坦承自己與 Ayumi 之間的關係。沒想到,一直支持和愛護她的母親竟然完全無法接受,甚至決絕地把 Hana 逐出家門。為開解大受打擊的摯友,Ayumi 向 Hana 提議一同前往東京參加一場聽障性少眾聚會。在同路人的陪伴下,Hana 的心結終慢慢被解開。同為聽障人士的導演 Mika Ima 以極細膩的手法,把日本聽障性少眾的日常生活呈現在觀眾眼前。