Tiko and The Shark [Special Price]

[Machine Translation] Set in the South Sea dream paradise of Tahiti, this semi-documentary film depicts a very natural friendship that develops between a native boy named Chico and a man-eating shark. Filmed entirely on location on the enchanted island of Tahiti, which once stole the soul of the painting genius Gauguin. The film shows the South Sea wilderness filled with rich colors and beauty, and coral reefs one after another. The drama flows with boyhood dreams and nostalgia for an untouched paradise, and the simple life of the islanders is incorporated to create a richly poetic work. The cast includes Polynesian local Al Kaue and half-Tahitian, half-Chinese Marlene Amangu. --Tahiti is a South Sea paradise that is mysterious, fairytale-like, and sometimes even dreamlike and unreal. For centuries, man-eating sharks have been the greatest enemy of the fishermen here. One day, a young boy named Chico found a baby man-eating shark that had wandered onto the beach, and he and his girl friend Diana secretly raised the little shark. The sharks, which grew older by the day, led Chico and Diana deep into the rich colors and beauty of the ocean floor and among the coral reefs, taking them to the beaches with their wonderful landscapes. Suddenly, however, the sharks dove deep into the ocean floor and disappeared from their view. Since then, the shark has not returned to Chico, who waits on the beach every day. Ten years later, Chico ( Al Kaoue ) has grown up to be a strong young man. One day, while out fishing with his friends, Chico is reunited with a giant shark five meters high on the ocean floor.

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南海の夢の楽園タヒチを舞台に、チコという原住民の少年と人喰い鮫との間に、ごく自然に芽ばえた友情を描いたセミ・ドキュメンタリー映画。かつて天才画家ゴーギャンの魂を奪い去った魅惑の島、タヒチにオール・ロケ。豊かな色彩と美観に満ちた南海の大自然や、珊瑚礁を次々に映し出している。少年時代の夢と、未開の楽園への郷愁がドラマを流れ、島民の素朴な生活をおり込んで、詩情豊かな作品に仕上げている。出演者はポリネシア人の現地人アル・カウエ、タヒチと中国のハーフのマルレーヌ・アマング。――神秘的、童話的であり、時には夢のように非現実的でさえある南海の楽園タヒチ。昔からここの漁夫たちにとって、人喰い鮫は最大の仇敵とされていた。ある日、少年チコは海岸に迷い込んでいた人喰い鮫の子供を見つけ、女友だちディアーナと一緒に小さな鮫をひそかに育てていった。日増しに成長した鮫は、チコとディアーナを豊かな色彩と美観に満ちた大洋の海底深く、あるいは珊瑚礁の間を次々と案内して、すばらしい風景の浜辺へつれ出すのだった。が、突然、海底深くもぐり、二人の視野から姿を消した。それ以来、鮫は毎日海岸で待つチコのもとには帰って来なかった。・・・十年たち、チコ (アル・カウエ)はたくましい若者に成長していた。仲間たちと漁に出たチコは、ある日、海底で五メートルもある巨大な鮫と再会した。