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2015

Shirakawa yofune

Asleep

白河夜船

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Yoshimoto Banana / ”Shirakawa Yofune” Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

Release Date
April, 25th, 2015
Running Time
91 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP, Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

KING RECORDS, humanité

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

COPIAPOA FILM

[ Production Studio ]

humanité, SLOW LEARNER

[ Story ]

Live action drama that adapts Yoshimoto Banana's novel by the same title. Tranquil depiction of the inner life of a woman who craves sleeps to escape the funk of reality. Directed by Wakagi Shingo, who is also a photographer. Screened at the 10th Osaka Asian Film Festival.
Unemployed Terako (Ando Sakura) is having a relationship with Iwanaga (Iura Arata), whose wife is in a vegetable state. Terako's only activity is waiting for Iwanaga to call. Then, her close friend Shiori (Tanimura Mitsuki) commits suicide. Terako is profoundly affected, and falls into a deep sleep like one possessed.

[ Official Site ]

http://shirakawayofune.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2015 Osaka Asian Film Festival, Opening Film
2015 JAPAN CUTS
2015 Raindance Film Festival
2015 CAMERA JAPAN Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

KING RECORD CO., LTD.
Visual Contents Production Team Asset & Planning Department

1-22-12 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0013
Attn: UCHIDA Akiko
tel: +81 70 1439 8550
E-mail: akiko-uchida@kingrecords.co.jp , info@king-films.jp
http://www.kingrecords.co.jp

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