Release Date

February, 16th, 2013

Running Time

74 min

Genre

Drama , Children/Family , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

HDCAM,Blu-ray

Screen Size

HD (16:9)

Sound Processing

Stereo,5.1ch

Subtitle

English

[ Directed by ]

• NAKANO Ryota

[ Produced by ]

• HIRAKATA Noriyasu

[ Cast ]

• WATANABE Makiko ── HIGASHIMURA Sawa
• YANAGI Erisa ── HIGASHIMURA Hazuki
• MATSUBARA Nanoka ── HIGASHIMURA Koharu

[ Staff ]

• NAKANO Ryota ── Screenplay
• HIRANO Shingo ── Cinematography
• SHIMAZU Mikisuke ── Sound Recording
• WATANABE Takashi ── Music
• MATSUO Hiromichi ── Assistant Director

[ Production Company ]

PICTURES NETWORK, HIYOSHIGAOKA PICTURES

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

DIGITAL SKIP STATION

[ Production Studio ]

PICTURES NETWORK

[ Story ]

The feature-length debut by Ryota Nakano who won Best Director at the 2012 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL for the film. A family drama centered around two sisters go to visit their father who left home after divorcing their mother fourteen years ago, but get caught up in an unexpectedly trying situation.
Part-time worker Hazuki (Yanagi Erisa) lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu (Matsubara Nanoka), and their mother Sawa (Watanabe Makiko). One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.

[ Official Site ]

http://chichitori.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2012 Best Director, SKIP CITY AWARD
Berlin International Film Festival 2013
Seattle International Film Festival 2013
Melbourne International Film Festival 2013

[ Contact (International) ]

DIGITAL SKIP STATION
Business Promotion Dept.
9F Sainokuni Visual Plaza, 3-12-63 Kamiaoki, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 333-0844
Rep: MATSUOKA Susumu
Attn: TOMINAGA Takeyoshi
tel: +81 48 264 7777
fax: +81 48 264 7778
E-mail: t-tominaga@skipcity.com
http://www.skipcity.jp

Fortissimo Films
Van Diemenstraat 100 1013 CN Amsterdam The Netherlands
tel: +31-20-627-32-15
fax: +31-20-626-11-55
E-mail: info@fortissimo.nl
http://www.fortissimofilms.com