MurayamaKaita,aJapanesepainter,novelistandpoetdiedin1919attheageof22,leavingbehindanimpressiveandtime-defyingbodyofwork.Inhismostrecentfilm,SatoHisayasuoffersasurreal,time-crossing,meta-layeredessayontheartist,hisoriginalityandhislegacy.
DearKaitaAblazebringstogetherayoungwomanAzamiobsessedwithMurayama'spainting,ayoungmanSaku,whocanhearunusualfrequenciesandclaimstobeMurayamaorhisspiritualimprintandaquartetofyoungperformerswithpsychicabilities.TheybondoverMurayama’sworkwhichtheyrecreateinperformativedancewhiledrivingtoamysteriouscavecalledAgartha.
SatoHisayasu(TheEye'sDream,Muscle,TheBedroom),renownedforhispinkuandexplorationofmadnessandlust,returnstoIFFR.DearKaitaAblazeishyper-dense,obsessiveanddriven,effortlesslymashingsurrealismwithsci-fiandmysticism,layeringseeminglyunrelatedeventsandencounterstobringthemtogetherinamonumentalclimax.
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