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2010

Saitai

Birthright

臍帯

(c)2010 WILCO Co.,Ltd. / Breath inc. / Thanks Lab.

(c)2010 WILCO Co.,Ltd. / Breath inc. / Thanks Lab.

(c)2010 WILCO Co.,Ltd. / Breath inc. / Thanks Lab.

(c)2010 WILCO Co.,Ltd. / Breath inc. / Thanks Lab.

Release Date
TBD
Running Time
108 min
Genre
Drama , Children/Family , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
35mm
Screen Size
American Vista (1:1.85)
Sound Processing
DTS Digital
Subtitle
English

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

WILCO

[ Story ]

A drama screened in the section "Japanese Eyes" at the Tokyo International Film Festival. First-time director Hashimoto Naoki, producer of Tony Takitani (2004), presents an unnervingly stirring depiction of the heroic paths of a mother and daughter burdened by a tragic fate. Mika (Oho Sayoko), who grew up in an orphanage, having been abandoned soon after birth, begins to look for her mother Naoko (Takizawa Ryoko). Finding Naoko living happily with her husband and teenage daughter Ayano (Yagyu Miyu), she continues to watch from afar...

[ Official Site ]

http://www.saitai-film.com

[ Premiere ]

World Premiere: Tokyo International Film Festival 2010

[ Contact (International) ]

ELEVEN ARTS, Inc.
2007 Sawtelle Blvd., suite 7, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Rep: MORI Ko
tel: +1 310 445 0818
fax: +1 310 445 0868
E-mail: contact@elevenarts.net
http://www.elevenarts.net

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