Hiko to Vega
Hiko and Vega
(c)2014 / Mio Taniguchi
(c)2014 / Mio Taniguchi
(c)2014 / Mio Taniguchi
(c)2014 / Mio Taniguchi
- Release Date
- July, 16th, 2016
- Running Time
- 64 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- Blu-ray
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
- KAWAZU Yusuke ── HIKO Asao
- HARA Chisako ── HIKO Koto
- YANAGITANI Kazunari ── KIKUNA Kei
[ Staff ]
- TANIGUCHI Mio ── Screenplay
- SATO Yu ── Cinematography
- NAKAGAWA Kyuya ── Sound Recording
- TOKUNAGA Yohei ── Lighting
- NAITO Akira ── Music
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
New Cinema Workshop, kolmio film
[ Story ]
Drama about a wife with dementia and the husband who looks after her. Feature-length debut about the reality of dementia from director Taniguchi Mio, who also works as a caregiver.
Hiko Asao (Kawazu Yusuke) and Koto (Hara Chisako) are an elderly couple living in an old farmhouse in a mountain valley. Koto has dementia and believes that she is a 16-year-old girl. The young helper who visits the Hiko household is bewildered by Koto's symptoms, but she gradually she develops a fondness for Koto and they become close. Asao sees what is happening and has conflicting emotions.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 Aichi International Women's Film Festival, Film Competition, Feature Film Section Golden Owl Award (Grand Prize)
[ Contact (International) ]
kolmio film
Rep: TANIGUCHI Mio
Attn: TANIGUCHI Mio
E-mail: hikovegamovie@gmail.com
