Release Date

January, 22nd, 2005

Running Time

113 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• NOMURA Keiichi

[ Produced by ]

• YAMADA Tetsuo

[ Cast ]

• FUJIMURA Shiho ── KUROYOSHI Chie
• KURIZUKA Asahi ── KUROYOSHI Gen
• KASHU Toshiki ── ITO Shunsuke

[ Staff ]

• NOMURA Keiichi ── Screenplay
• OGASAWARA Kyoko ── Screenplay
• YAMADA Rikishi ── Screenplay
• YAMADA Tetsuo ── Screenplay
• NAKAMURA Tsutomu ── Super Visor

[ Production Company ]

Nomura Planning, Turnover Partners

[ Story ]

Kuroyoshi Gen (Kurizuka Asahi) is an elderly artisan who makes clothes for the royal family and Shinto priests. He lives in an old neighborhood in Kyoto with his wife of 45 years, Chie (Fujimura Shiho), but Chie is suffering from a wasting disease and is losing her physical and mental agility. Gen meets a young student magician named Shunsuke (Kashu Toshiki) and asks him to come to his home and put on a magic show to cheer up his wife. Shunsuke becomes a regular visitor until Chie collapses and is taken to the hospital. Gen decides to shut down his business to nurse her. While he is clearing out the shop, he comes across the diary Chie kept when they first met and fell in love. Shunsuke leaves to study in the U.S. and Chie passes away peacefully.
This homage to the old studio films of Kyoto's golden age is lovingly crafted in real locations by cast and crew.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

5th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival
17th Tokyo International Film Festival (RIFF)
4th Kyoto Film Festival
3rd Shinkyogoku Film Festival
7th OZU Tateshina Kogen Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

Nomura Planning
2-5 Teraguchicho, Nada-ku Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 657-0062
Rep: Nomura Planning Tetsuo Yamada
Attn: Nomura Planning Tetsuo Yamada
tel: +81 78 843 4339
fax: +81 78 843 4339
E-mail: tetsuoyama3@gmail.com