Watashi no Hanashi Buraku no Hanashi

[Machine Translation] Buraku" and "Burakumin" were supposed to have disappeared, but discrimination continues to exist in reality. Director Yusaki Mitsuwaka of the controversial "Niku no Hito" and producer Arata Oshima have finally released this documentary film that confronts the Buraku issue! In the past, there existed a group of lowly people in Japan called the "Buraku" (the Buraku people), and after the abolition of the lowly status by the "Liberation Ordinance" in 1871, the areas where they lived collectively became known as "Buraku," and the discriminatory structure remained. Today, there is no such thing as "Buraku" or "Burakumin" in terms of laws and systems. However, many Japanese people still have a deep-rooted sense of discrimination. Why does something that should not exist continue to exist? How did this discrimination begin? This film takes a variety of approaches to unravel the complex and intertwined context of the accumulated history of discrimination, from its origins and evolution to the recent "Tottori Loop Trial," and vividly depicts the structure of discrimination that is difficult to see. Directed by Yusaki Mitsuwaka, who had to abandon the theatrical release of "Niku no Hito" (2007), a film about a slaughterhouse and its workers that was well-received when it was screened in various locations. More than ten years later, with Shin Oshima, the producer of "Why Can't You Be Prime Minister" and "Kagawa, the First Ward" as the producer, and MONO, who has been active on the world stage, as the musician, they have created a documentary that is literally "unprecedented". The film, which opened at Eurospace and other venues, has been screened in more than 50 theaters nationwide, and was awarded first place in the 96th Kinema Junpo Best Ten and Bunka Eiga Best Ten in 2022. Since then, the film's message has continued to spread through independent screenings. Four years after its theatrical release, the long-awaited soft version of the film is enclosed with a commentary that includes excerpts from the pamphlet and new text. The film also includes an 18-minute video clip of a performance by the Kitashiba Liberation Taiko Preservation Society Kohfukui in Aki Takada City and a 2-minute trailer for the film's theatrical release.

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消えたはずの「部落」と「部落民」――だが、差別は現実に存在し続けている。問題作『にくのひと』の満若勇咲監督が、大島新をプロデューサーに迎え、部落問題に向き合ったドキュメンタリー映画の話題作、ついにソフト化!! かつて日本には穢多・非人などと呼ばれる賤民が存在した。1871年 (明治4年)の「解放令」によって賤民身分が廃止されて以降、かれらが集団的に住んでいた地域は「部落」と呼ばれるようになり、差別構造は残存した。現在、法律や制度のうえで「部落」や「部落民」というものは存在しない。しかし、いまなお少なからぬ日本人が根強い差別意識を抱えている。なぜ、ありえないはずのものが、ありつづけるのか? この差別は、いかにしてはじまったのか? 本作は、その起源と変遷から近年の「鳥取ループ裁判」まで、堆積した差別の歴史と複雑に絡み合ったコンテクストを多彩なアプローチでときほぐし、見えづらい差別の構造を鮮やかに描きだす。監督は、屠場とそこで働く人々を写した『にくのひと』 (2007年)が各地で上映され好評を博すも、劇場公開を断念せざるをえなかった経験を持つ満若勇咲。あれから十数年、プロデューサーに『なぜ君は総理大臣になれないのか』『香川1区』の大島新、音楽に世界を舞台に活動を続けるMONOを迎え、文字通り＜空前絶後＞のドキュメンタリーをつくりあげた。ユーロスペースなどを皮切りに公開が始まった本作は、全国50館以上で上映される話題作となり、「2022年 第96回 キネマ旬報ベスト・テン/文化映画ベスト・テン」で堂々の第1位に輝いた。以降も自主上映会などを通じ、この映画が放つメッセージは広がり続けている。劇場公開から4年、待望のソフト化にあたり、パンフレットの原稿を一部抜粋し、新たなテキストも加えた解説書を封入する。映像特典には、北芝解放太鼓保存会 鼓吹 安芸高田市公演記録 (18分)、劇場予告篇 (2分)を収録。