Release Date

August, 16th, 2014

Running Time

145 min

Genre

Feature , Drama

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP,HDCAM,Blu-ray

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP,HDCAM,Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

• SAKAMOTO Ayumi

[ Produced by ]

• TANINAKA Fumiyuki

[ Cast ]

• MATSUOKA Emiko ── HOSAKA Yukari
• UMENO Nagisa ── KANESHIRO Ayako
• NOZOE Seiji ── NAGATA Osamu
• MITSUISHI Ken ── KANESHIRO Toshitaka

[ Staff ]

• NISHIHARA Ryo ── Screenplay
• YAMADA Shinya ── Cinematography
• TAKAHASHI Masaru ── Sound Recording
• Robert BALDWIN ── Translation

[ Production Company ]

kukuru

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

kukuru

[ Story ]

A suspense film that won the Best Picture Award in the Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Cinema Splash category in 2013, and the FIPRESCI Prize in the Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section in 2014. The detached direction of Sakamoto Ayumi, a protege of Tsukamoto Shinya, creates a disquieting atmosphere.
Hosaka Yukari (Matsuoka Emiko) is reunited with her former classmate Kaneshiro Ayako (Umeno Nagisa) for the first time in nine years, and begins working at her company at her invitation. However, Ayako's treatment of Yukari grows increasingly hostile, and mutual misunderstandings cause hatred to accumulate between them.

[ Official Site ]

http://forma-movie.com/en

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2013 Tokyo International Film Festival, Japanese Cinema Splash, Best Picture Award
2014 Berlin International Film Festival, Forum, FIPRESCI Prize
2014 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Young Cinema Competition, Special Mention
2014 Vilnius International Film Festival
2014 Mooov Film Festival
2014 Jeonju International Film Festival
2014 Subversive Film Festival
2014 Nippon Connection
2014 Festival International de Curitiba
2014 Taipei Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

Free Stone Productions Co., Ltd.
International Sales
#214, The Share, 3-25-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Rep: TAKAMATSU Miyuki
Attn: NAGATA Fumiko, NAKAMURA Momoko, TAKAGI Yuko
tel: ＋81 90 2469 1182
fax: +81 3 6800 3106
E-mail: fsp-sales@freestone.jp
http://freestone.jp