Mehmet Özgür
125 Years Memory (海難1890 Kainan ) is a 2015 drama film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka (ja) and written by Eriko Komatsu (ja).A Japanese-Turkish co-production, the film was released in Japan by Toei on December 5, 2015 and in Turkey by Mars on December 25, 2015. It received ten nominations at the 39th Japan Academy Prize, winning the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Sound Recording.
With Istanbul mired in political violence, Kadir is offered release after 15 years in prison if he’ll work as an informant. In a shantytown he stumbles upon his brother Ahmet, working for the city rounding up stray dogs and shutting himself in his home.
Baris, Cenk and Deniz prepares a surprise party to celebrate Ayhan’s birthday. Ayhan is lack of love, unemployed and he doesn’t have a goal in life. Baris is engaged and has to do his military service. Deniz has to marry a girl, whom his pious father arranged for him. And Cenk is about to be a father soon. These four men who are in different stages in their adult life, start to eat, get drunk, tell stories to each other, get blue, get angry, fight each other, confess their sins and sing songs to the sky on the raki table which was set in the sea at an Aegean bay from dusk till dawn.
