Kono kuni no sora
When I Was Most Beautiful
(c)“Kono kuni no sora" Film Committee
(c)“Kono kuni no sora" Film Committee
(c)“Kono kuni no sora" Film Committee
(c)“Kono kuni no sora" Film Committee
(c)“Kono kuni no sora" Film Committee
- Release Date
- August, 8th, 2015
- Running Time
- 130 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP,Blu-ray, HDCAM
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP, Blu-ray, HDCAM)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- NIKAIDO Fumi ── Satoko
- HASEGAWA Hiroki ── ICHIGE
- KUDOH Youki ── Satoko's mother
[ Staff ]
- TAKAI Yuichi ── Original Story
- ARAI Haruhiko ── Screenplay
- KAWAKAMI Koichi ── Cinematography
- TERUI Yasumasa ── Sound Recording
- SUZAKI Chieko ── Editor
[ Production Company ]
Yoshimoto Creative Agency, TEAM OKUYAMA
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
PHANTOM FILM, KATSU-do
[ Production Studio ]
Studio3, KATSU-do
[ Story ]
Live action adaptation of Akutagawa Prize recipient Takai Yuichi's novel by the same name, which won the Tanizaki Junichiro Prize. Depicts illicit love shared between a man and woman during wartime. Arai Haruhiko, whose screenplay credits including Backwater, returns to the director's chair for the first time in eighteen years.
1945, Tokyo. 19-year-old Satoko (Nikaido Fumi) lives a stoic existence with her mother under threat of air raids. As wartime conditions deteriorate, Satoko worries about dying without experiencing love. However, Satoko comes into her own as a woman as she cares for her neighbor Ichige (Hasegawa Hiroki), who has a wife and child.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 JAPAN CUTS
[ Contact (International) ]
Yoshimoto Creative Agency Co., Ltd.
Film Production Center
5-18-21 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
Rep: OKAMOTO Akihiko
Attn: NAKAMURA Tadashi
tel: +81 3 3209 8226
fax: +81 3 3209 8424
E-mail: nakamura.tadashi@yoshimoto.co.jp
http://www.yoshimoto.co.jp/corp
