Katachi no nai hone
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- Release Date
- July, 28th, 2018
- Running Time
- 104 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
- ANDO Seiko ── Ryoko
- TAKADA Noriko ── Kazuko
- TANAKA Junya ── Tadashi
[ Staff ]
- KOJIMA Junji ── Screenplay
- YASUOKA Hiroshi ── Cinematography
- NEGISHI Ken ── Lighting
- AO Shigetake ── Sound Recording
- KOJIMA Junji ── Editor
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Elephant House
[ Production Studio ]
teevee graphics
[ Story ]
Kojima Junji, a visual creator who has worked on numerous commercials and music videos, directs this family drama questioning what is "family" and "human kindness" through the resolute life of one woman. The film screened at the 34th Warsaw Film Festival's competition section.
Ryoko (Ando Seiko) lives in a provincial city. She passes each day enduring her mother-in-law's obnoxiousness and the physical abuse by her painter husband Tadashi (Tanaka Junya) who creates forgeries after losing his creative impulse. Ryoko has been working at the bar her brother Keito (Kumagaya Taishi) manages to repay debts, until one day Tadashi dies in an accident.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2018 Warsaw Film Festival, Competition
[ Contact (International) ]
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