Ieji
Homeland
- Release Date
- March, 1st, 2014
- Running Time
- 118 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screen Size
- HD (16:9)
- Sound Processing
- Uncompressed 5.1ch
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi ── Jiro
- UCHINO Seiyo ── Soichi
- TANAKA Yuko ── Tomiko
- ANDO Sakura ── Misa
[ Staff ]
- AOKI Kenji ── Screenplay
- ITAKURA Yoko ── Cinematography
- MORI Eiji ── Sound Recording
- SUGIMOTO Shuji ── Lighting
- KAKO Takashi ── Music
[ Production Company ]
WOWOW, PONY CANYON, HORIPRO, Bitters End, IMAGINE, Heart-s, L’espace Vision, Solid-Jam
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Bitters End
[ Production Studio ]
Solid-Jam
[ Story ]
The feature directorial debut of Kubota Nao, a television documentary veteran with a career spanning over twenty-five years. Set in Fukushima after the Great East Japan Earthquake, it tells a story of family members who rediscover their connections to one another. An official selection of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival.
In post-nuclear accident Fukushima, Jiro (Matsuyama Kenichi) returns to his hometown for the first time in twenty years and begins tending to fields at his family's farm, located within the radiation caution zone. Meanwhile, his mother Tomiko (Tanaka Yuko), older half-brother Soichi (Uchino Seiyo) and sister-in-law Misa (Ando Sakura) live together in a temporary housing unit.
[ Official Site ]
[ Premiere ]
World Premiere: 2014 Berlin International Film Festival
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2014 Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama
2014 Shanghai International Film Festival
2014 Hawaii International Film Festival
[ Contact (International) ]
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