Bunbuku Chagama

[Machine Translation] Naoki Prize-winning author Hiroyuki Kurokawa, an art college graduate who worked as a high school art teacher for 10 years, has used his wealth of knowledge to create a film based on the world of antique art mysteries. The story is set in the Kansai region, where men who want to make a profit from antiques engage in a relentless battle of deception! The main character, an antique dealer, is played by Taro Suruga. Fuka Koshiba gives a great performance as the cute sidekick, and their comical banter makes for a great combination. The film was shot in a collection of art works with a market value of over 100 million yen, and the art works appearing in the film are one of the highlights of the film. The film realistically shows the behind-the-scenes of "making forgeries," which is usually unknown to the public, and the unexpected twist in the end is a refreshing surprise! --Saho (Taro Suruga), an antique dealer by trade, visits a warehouse in the mountains with his partner Ryoka (Fuka Koshiba). While the owner was away from home, an old woman was targeted by the Osaka Folk Tool Study Group, a first-time dealer, who swindled her out of a tea kettle that had been treasured by her late husband. The tea kettle was called Ashiya-kama, a famous tea kettle from the Genroku Kyoho period (1688-1704), and if authentic, its value would be no less than 5 million yen! Saho and Ryoka are furious at how the shop tricked an old woman who knew nothing about the tea kettle, and they plan to recover it with their boss, Kikuchi (Hidekazu Akai), who has already sold the tea kettle. However, the tea kettle has already been sold out, and unexpectedly, it is impossible to get it back... So, they come up with an idea to sell a forgery of a hanging scroll to a first-time dealer as a genuine work, and cheat him out of more money than the tea kettle is worth. Can Saho win in this deceitful game of deception?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of, event footage, trailer

美大出身で、高校の美術教師を10年務めた直木賞受賞作家・黒川博行がその豊富な知識をベースに作った古美術ミステリーの世界を映像化。関西を舞台に繰り広げられる、古美術でひと儲けをたくらむ男たちによる容赦のない騙し合いバトル! 主人公の骨董ディーラーに扮するのは駿河太郎。小芝風花がキュートな相棒を好演し、コミカルな掛け合いで最高のコンビネーションを見せる。時価総額1億円以上の美術品を集めて撮影をしており、登場する美術品も見どころのひとつ。普段知ることのできない「贋作作り」の裏側をリアルに見せつつ、どんでん返しのラストは気分爽快! ――骨董ディーラーを生業とする佐保(駿河太郎)は、相棒の涼香(小芝風花)と共に、とある山あいにある蔵屋敷を訪れる。家主の留守中、老婆が一人でいたところを大阪民具研究会なる初出し屋に狙われ、亡き亭主が大事にしていた茶釜をだまし取られてしまったという。その茶釜は芦屋釜といい、元禄享保のころからの天下の名物で、本物なら価値は500万円を下らない! 何も知らない老婆をだまし討ちにした初出し屋のやりくちに激怒した佐保と涼香は、上司の菊池(赤井英和)も交えて茶釜の奪還を計画。しかし茶釜はすでに売り捌かれ、思いもかけず奪還不可能な状況に・・・。そこで、贋作の掛け軸を初出し屋に真筆として売りつけ、茶釜の価値以上の金額をだまし取ることを思いつく。果たして、騙しだまされの化かしあいに、佐保は勝てるのか?!

映像特典: メイキング、第10回沖縄国際映画祭 舞台挨拶、予告編