Release Date

October, 6th, 2018

Running Time

98 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• FUJIMOTO Akio

[ Produced by ]

• WATANABE Kazutaka ── Producer
• YOSHIDA Fumihito ── Producer
• KITAGAWA Yuki ── Co-producer

[ Cast ]

• Kaung Myat Thu ── Kaung
• Khin Myat Thu ── Khin
• Issace ── Issace
• Htet Myat Naing ── Htet

[ Staff ]

• FUJIMOTO Akio ── Screenplay
• KISHI Kentaro ── Director of Photography
• YAEI Youki ── Sound Recording
• FUJIMOTO Akio ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

E.x.N

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

E.x.N

[ Story ]

Drama based on the true story of a Myanmar family living in Japan. Feature film directorial debut for rookie Fujimoto Akio, who works in Japan and Myanmar. It won five awards and screened at over thirty film festivals.
A family of four has left their home country of Myanmar to live in Japan. The young brothers (Kaung Myat Thu, Htet Myat Naing) can't speak Burmese and live like Japanese kids. Their mother (Khin Myat Thu) wants nothing more than to return to Myanmar, and their father (Issace) can't leave because his work and life are in Japan. Then, an official notice arrives that changes their fate.

[ Official Site ]

https://passage-of-life.com/englishpage

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2017 Tokyo International Film Festival, Asian Future, Best Asian Future Film, Spirt of Asia Award
2018 CinemAsia Film Festival, Best Performer
2018 Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival, Competition, Jury Prize
2018 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Competition, GEBER Award
2018 Cambodia International Film Festival
2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival
2018 Kumamoto Reconstruction Film Festival
2018 Ireland Japanese Film Festival
2018 Jeonju International Film Festival
2018 Diaspora Film Festival
2018 GINMAKU Japanese Film Festival
2018 Nippon Connection
2018 JAPAN CUTS
2018 Madrid International Film Festival
2018 Taoyuan Film Festival
2018 Wathann Film Festival
2018 Nara International Film Festival
2018 Fukuoka International Film Festival
2018 Catholic Film Festival
2018 Asiatica Film Festival
2018 JAFFNA Film Festival
2018 Japanische Filmtage in Wien
2018 Dahka International FIlm Festival
2018 Hong Kong Independent Film Festival
2019 Japanese Film Festival in Myanmar

[ Contact (International) ]

E.x.N K.K.
4-17-2 Minamicho, Nishi-Tokyo-shi, Tokyo 188-0012
Rep: WATANABE Kazutaka
Attn: WATANABE Kazutaka
E-mail: info@exnkk.com
http://exnkk.com