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2014

Starting Over

Starting Over

Starting Over

(c)sky-key factory, Takashi NISHIHARA

(c)sky-key factory, Takashi NISHIHARA

(c)sky-key factory, Takashi NISHIHARA

(c)sky-key factory, Takashi NISHIHARA

Release Date
2015
Running Time
94 min
Genre
Drama , Romance , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Subtitle
,
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

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[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

sky-key factory

[ Story ]

A love story from director Nishihara Takashi, whose Blue Ray was an official selection of the 2011 Osaka Asian Film Festival. It was made with a small crew centered around Nishihara. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival.
Nana (Akazuki Mika) has been in a same-sex relationship with Marin (Endo Nina) since high school. The only people she trusts are Marin and her mother Keiko (Watanabe Makiko), but neither of them provide her with the love she needs. Finding herself at a crossroads in life, she struggles with her predicament and eventually begins a search for the true meaning of love.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2014 Tokyo International Film Festival, Japanese Cinema splash

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