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Umi o kakeru

The Man From the Sea

海を駆ける

Release Date: May, 26th, 2018

Running Time: 107 min

Genre: Drama , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: DCP

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

Screening Format with Subtitles: English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

FUKADA Koji

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

Dean FUJIOKA ── Laut
Taiga ── Takashi
ABE Junko ── Sachiko
TSURUTA Mayu ── Takako

[ Staff ]

FUKADA Koji ── Screenplay
ASHIZAWA Akiko ── Cinematography

[ Production Company ]

"The Man from the Sea" film partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Tokyo Theatres

[ Production Studio ]

NIKKATSU

[ Story ]

Drama addressing the themes of humanity and nature through Indonesia's beautiful ocean and the friendships among youths whose origins transcend nationality and religion. Japan, France and Indonesia co-production. Directed by Fukada Koji, who won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize with Harmonium at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
A mysterious man (Dean Fujioka) is found collapsed along the seaside at Banda Aceh. Takako (Tsuruta Mayu) and her son Takashi (Taiga), who are working on disaster recovery projects, decide to call this unidentified man "Laut" and take him in.

[ Official Site ]

http://umikake.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2018 Busan International Film Festival
2018 Kaohsiung Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

Nikkatsu Corporation
International Sales
3-28-12 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
Attn: KAWAI Emico, SUNG Tzwei, YAMAMOTO Umi
tel: +81 3 5689 1014
fax: +81 3 5689 1044
E-mail: international@nikkatsu.co.jp
https://intl.nikkatsu.com

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