Japan

Film Screening: The Way of the Siren,セイレーン

Swissnex in Japan is pleased to host a special screening of “The Way of the Siren”, a Japanese hard-boiled detective film, in the presence of its Swiss director based in Kansai, Roger Walch.
関西拠点のスイス人映画監督、Roger Walch氏による探偵映画「セイレーン」の上映会を在大阪スイス領事館にて開催します。主演俳優の西明彦氏も参加予定です。映画は日本語（字幕なし）で上映されます。皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。

Program

  • 5:30pm – Doors Open｜開場
  • 6:00pm – Opening by the film Director Roger Walch｜Roger Walch監督による 開会の挨拶
  • 6:30pm – Film Screening (Japanese) | 映画上映
  • 8:00pm – Q&A
  • 8:10pm – Meet & greet with the Director and actors | 監督・俳優との交流会
  • 8:30pm – Closing | 閉会
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Event start time

  • Boston and New York

    5:00AM

  • Brazil

    6:00AM

  • China

    5:00PM

  • India

    2:30PM

  • Japan

    6:00PM

  • San Francisco

    2:00AM

  • Switzerland

    11:00AM

Synopsis of the film | あらすじ

Still mourning the death of his girlfriend over a year ago, disillusioned detective Yoshida (Akihiko Sai) is approached by a young woman who is looking for her missing sister, Enka Singer Sakura Tanizaki (Sayuri Taki). But what initially seems to be an easy case quickly turns into a nightmare. The more Yoshida is digging, the deeper he is drawn into Osaka’s underworld. After having received several death threats, Yoshida decides to drop the case. But then he discovers that the same man (Choshun Kagei) who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend is also pulling the strings in his new case. But who is the man behind the fox mask, whom they call “Kitsune”? With the support of his mentor (Kan Mikami) and two good friends (Tatsuo Morizawa, Tsuyu) he is trying to solve the puzzle and to navigate the treachery waterways of Osaka.

吉田雅彦(西明彦)は、元傭兵の探偵。1年前に恋人(泉希衣子）を事件に巻き込んで失い、いまだ自責の念に駆られ、悲しみに暮れていた。ある日、彼は失踪した妹の演歌歌手、谷崎さくら（滝さゆり）を探して欲しいという女性 (遠山涼音) からの依頼を受ける。当初、簡単な人探しに思えたこの依頼は、大阪中のヤクザ組織、ついには、かつての恋人を殺した狐坂組の組長（蔭井暢春）をも巻き込む事件へと発展する。味方は、かつての吉田の師匠（三上寛）と親友（森澤達郎、つゆ）の3人のみ。圧倒的不利な状況の中、水の都大阪を舞台に、吉田は孤軍奮闘、さらなる陰謀に引き摺り込まれてゆく。それはまるで、セイレーンの哀しき歌声に導かれる船乗りの如く、、、。

Event | イベント

Roger Walch’s latest film, The Way of the Siren / セイレーン (93 min), a Japanese hard-boiled detective story, will be released in June 2025. Swissnex in Japan is proud to present a special screening of this film, directed by the Swiss filmmaker based in Kansai. Both Roger Walch and the film’s lead actor, Akihiko Sai, will be attending, providing a unique opportunity to interact with them after the screening.

The film is in Japanese with no subtitles

関西を拠点に活動するスイス人映画監督、ロジャー・ヴァルヒ氏の新作『セイレーン（The Way of the Siren）』（93分）は、日本を舞台にしたハードボイルドな探偵映画です。2025年6月に公開予定の本作の特別上映会を、スイスネックス・ジャパンにて開催いたします。
当日は、ヴァルヒ監督と主演俳優の西明彦（さい あきひこ）氏もご来場予定です。

 

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    Bio

    Roger Walch

    Director

    Roger Walch (*1965) is a Swiss born filmmaker and award winning director who has been living in Japan for 28 years. He obtained his MA degree in Japanese Studies and Social Anthropology from the University of Zurich in 1996. He studied documentary filmmaking with Swiss director H.U. Schlumpf in Zurich and filmmaking with Japanese director Katsu Kanai at the Image Forum Institute in Tokyo. Before coming to Japan, Roger worked as a movie theatre manager for an art-house cinema in Switzerland.

     

    Roger’s short-film “Yuwaku 2” was nominated for Best Picture at the CO2 Short-Film Festival in Osaka 2005. The documentary “Even a large River starts with a Drop of Water” won the Friendship Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival of the Aichi Expo 2005 in Japan. Roger directed the narrative “Tengu” (Japan, 63 min, starring Ted Taylor, Mimori Sento and Mikami Kan) in 2009. In 2010 “Children of Water” (Japan, 52 min) followed. Roger produced and directed the documentary “KAN” (Japan, 95 min) about Japanese singer/actor Mikami Kan and Terayama Shuji in 2013. It was shown at the Tama New Wave Film Festival in Tokyo and had a theatrical release. Roger wrote and shot his hour long underground musical “The German” in the homeless district of Osaka (starring Mikami Kan and Opera Singer Yuka Yokoi). It was released in 2018. Roger was DOP for renowned Swiss director Richard Dindo’s movie about Haiku Poet Matsuo Basho “Le Voyage de Basho” (90 min, 2019). He also worked as DOP for Swiss directors Erich Schmid (for the film “Adolf Muschg – The Other”, CH, 2021) and Thomas Luechinger (“Sound and Silence”, CH, 2022). Roger wrote, directed and produced the Road Movie “Anaïs” (Japan 2022, 96 min) with a French and Japanese cast. His hard-boiled Detective Movie “The Way of the Siren” (93 min) was shot in Osaka and will be released in June 2025.

  • The way of the siren trailer | セイレーン予告編

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    Minori Haruta

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