EXECUTIVE KOALA (Koara Kacho)

Director(s): Minoru Kawasaki
Country: Japan
Year: 2005
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Length: 86 minutes

Program:
31 March - 19.30 hours - Filmmuseum Vondelpark Amsterdam
01 April - 19.45 hours - Rialto Amsterdam

Tamura is an average salaryman in Japan, though he is also a man-sized, upright-walking koala bear in suit and tie. He’s a successful businessman for his company run by a rabbit, but struggles with an unhappy private life. His wife Yukari disappeared suddenly years ago and then his girlfriend Yoko turns up dead one morning. The police finger Tamura as their prime suspect. He runs from Detective Ono and fights to prove his innocence.

Tamura cannot remember anything about his wife’s disappearance. A colleague tells him he abused her. Is this true? Does Tamura have multiple personalities? His psychiatrist assures him he is fine, but can he be trusted?

Kaswasaki returns to a familiar theme: amnesiac people in animal suits.