Sokonominite hikari kagayaku
The Light Shines Only There
(c)Yasushi SATO/“The Light Shines Only There” Production Committee
(c)Yasushi SATO/“The Light Shines Only There” Production Committee
- Release Date
- April, 19th, 2014
- Running Time
- 120 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- AYANO Go ── Tatsuo
- IKEWAKI Chizuru ── Chinatsu
- SUDA Masaki ── Takuji
[ Staff ]
- SATO Yasushi ── Original Story
- TAKADA Ryo ── Screenplay
- KONDO Ryuto ── Cinematography
- YOSHIDA Noriyoshi ── Sound Recording
- KIMURA Etsuko ── Editor
[ Production Company ]
”The Light Shines Only There” Production Committee
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Tokyo Theatres, HAKODATE CINEMA IRIS
[ Production Studio ]
WILCO
[ Story ]
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! director O Mipo presents this powerful depiction of love between a man and woman who find each other in the depths of pover t y. Ikewaki Chizuru (JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH) gives a fullycommitted performance as a woman supporting her family by prostituting herself. Screened in the World Competition section of the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival.
Tatsuo (Ayano Go) has quit his job, and is frittering his time away. By chance, he meets a young man named Takuji (Suda Masaki) and ends up falling in love with his older sister Chinatsu (Ikewaki). Tatsuo and Chinatsu are both burdened with dark pasts, but just as light begins to shine into their lives, events take a tragic turn.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2014 Montreal World Film Festival, World Competition, Best Director Award
[ Contact (International) ]
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