Yah Chayka!

Yah Chayka!

2008
1h 10m
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Overview

Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa teams with former "rock chick" Wakako Kaku to craft this pensive love story told almost entirely in still photographs. After steering a suicidal man away from the brink of despair, an astronomical observatory worker teaches him her favorite watchword, "Yah Chakya!" ("I, Seagull"). The phrase had once been spoken by the first female cosmonaut, and was the call-sign for the Soviet spacecraft Vostok. But for this woman, the word has taken on greater meaning; not only is it a greeting, but a secret handshake and a symbol of the universe as well. Upon learning the phrase, the man finally finds the strength to go on living.

Status: Released

Language: JA

Production Information

Production Companies
Pug Point Japan
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

based on song, poem or rhyme

Quick Facts

Original Title ヤーチャイカ
Release Date October 15, 2008
Status Released
Language JA
Website Visit Site

Cast

Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa

Machiko Ono
Machiko Ono

Key Crew

Nakamura Makoto
Producer
Kaku Wakako
Writer
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Director
Kaku Wakako
Director
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Writer
Motohiro Hatanaka
Producer