An inquiry into the actor, theatre, and humanity at a unique intersection of fiction and nonfiction

“Changes” was F/T’s first film production. Premiered at F/T18 and now available online on UPLINK Cloud, director Suguru Yamamoto of the Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI closely followed Mikie Tanaka, an actor in his group, as she tried to diet. The film caused a stir in the theatre scene with its experimental attempts to probe the fundamental role of the actor and to explore the director-actor relationship through images of the body. For the next stage of Yamamoto’s DOCU(NT)MENT project, this follow-up film examines two people who no longer able to make theatre together. What changed in their relationship? Employing a more fictional structure than its predecessor, the film mysteriously and thrillingly highlights the gap between acting and reality, between creating and living. The questions it raises about theatre, directing, actors, and the communication that takes place between the two collaborators through the film all build up to a powerful final shot.