Sakura no ki no shita
Under the cherry tree
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
(c)daifukufilm.All rights Reserved
- Release Date
- April, 2nd, 2016
- Running Time
- 91 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- Blu-ray
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP, Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Staff ]
- TANAKA Kei ── Cinematography
- MAEDA Yamato ── Cinematography
- TANAKA Kei ── Editor
- KAWAKAMI Takuya ── Sound
- TANAKA Kei ── Story-board
- SHIMADA Ryuichi ── Story-board
- MAEDA Yamato ── Story-board
[ Production Company ]
JyaJya Films, Daifuku
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
JyaJya Films
[ Story ]
A documentary set in the municipal apartment complex of Kawasaki City which has become host to elderly people living alone and depicts their indomitable existence in the face of loneliness. Director Tanaka Kei makes her commercial film debut with this film which was invited to the 2015 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
79-year-old Sekiguchi Kotoji moved into the apartments upon her second marriage, but after the loss of her husband, lives with pet bird Ta-chan. She meddles in the affairs of her friend, Iwasaki Bibari, whose apartment has become crammed with refuse.
[ Official Site ]
http://www.sakuranokinoshita.com
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Perspectives Japan
2016 Nippon Connection, Nippon Visions, Audience Award, Section received a special mention
2016 GINMAKU New Films from Japan
2016 Seoul Independent Documentary Festival
2016 Camera Japan Festival
[ Contact (International) ]
Daifuku
2-23-19 Sugebanba, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 214-0004
Rep: TANAKA Kei
Attn: TANAKA Kei
E-mail: daifukufilm@gmail.com
