《香蕉传媒18勿3000部》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.–kijA源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2024/films/dear-kaita-ablaze