The 13th Japanese Film Festival was held at Ayala Center Cebu last August 2 - 4. The said event was presented by the Consular Office of Japan in Cebu, Japan Foundation, Manila in cooperation with the Japanese Association Cebu, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cebu Inc. and Ayala Center Cebu.
My boyfriend and I are always on the lookout for film festivals coz we both don't have the moolah. Oh wait, maybe he does but he's just saving to pay off something. Whichever the case it's okay because filmfests like this come every once in a while.
So we decided to watch The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones. We were glad we were somewhat first in line but only to find out that the line was for the next show which was around 3:30. Oh boy, so much for being early, eh? But patience do pay off coz the first 10 people in the line gets to watch the ongoing film. So in we go and we were seated on the front most row so we literally have to raise our heads up or tilt our body to a certain angle so it wouldn't hurt that much. haha
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones tells the story of 2 teams of mountaineers out to reach the peak of Mount Tsurugidake, ‘the only summit (in Japan) beyond the reach of men’, back in the 1900s. One was from the Army Geological Survey Unit, headed by Yoshitaro Shibasaki (Asano Tadanobu), which aimed to place triangulation stones to help create accurate maps of that region. The other team came from the Japan Alpine Club, headed by Usui Kojima (Nakamura Toru), an amateur mountain climbing club using mountaineering techniques from abroad. It soon became a competition to be the first to reach ‘The Summit’. (heroic-cinema.com)
The movie was quite long - more than two hours; more than two hours too of neck breaking stunts. lol. But it was all worth it coz the panoramic scenes were picturesque. It's as if like you're looking at a moving postcard. The elements of the usual tales of human survival are there: the perseverance, brotherhood, faith and the like. But what sets this movie apart for me is how these two teams, though rivals as to who will get to reach the summit first, still helped each other on their way up.
"Nature is eternal but life is fleeting."
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