UNDER SNOW
synopsis
In the Japanese region Echigo, the locals live with and under the heavy snow fall half of the year. Because of this they have developed their own customs of everyday life, festivals, and religious rituals.
| international title: | Under Snow |
| original title: | Unter Schnee |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Deckert Distribution |
| year: | 2011 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Ulrike Ottinger |
| cast: | Takamasa Fujima, Kiyotsugu Fujima, Yumiko Tanaka, Yoko Tawada, Hiroomi Fukuzawa, Akemi Takanami, Toru Yoshihara |
| cinematography by: | Ulrike Ottinger |
| producer: | Ulrike Ottinger, Heino Deckert |
| production: | Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion, ma.ja.de Filmproduktions-GmbH, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, Haus der Kulturen der Welt/Berlin, Goethe-Institut/Tokyo |
| backing: | BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Fund, Japan Foundation |
| distributor: | Real Fiction Filmverleih |
