Misaki no kyodai
Siblings of the Cape
(c)SHINZO KATAYAMA
(c)SHINZO KATAYAMA
- Release Date
- March, 1st, 2019
- Running Time
- 89 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- MATSUURA Yuya ── Yoshio
- WADA Misa ── Mariko
- KITAYAMA Masayasu ── Hajime
[ Staff ]
- KATAYAMA Shinzo ── Screenplay
- IKEDA Naoya ── Cinematography
- HARUKI Kosuke ── Cinematography
- KATAYAMA Shinzo ── Editor
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Presidio
[ Story ]
The debut film by Katayama Shinzo, who has served as assistant director on the films of Bong Joon-ho and Yamashita Nobuhiro, which he wrote, directed and produced. It depicts a brother and sister with disabilities dirtying their hands with prostitution.
In some port town, Yoshio (Matsuura Yuya) looks after his autistic sister Mariko (Wada Misa) but life for them becomes bleak after he loses his job. One day he learns Mariko has received cash for tendering her body to a man in town. Yoshio begins prostituting his sister for the sake of their livelihood though he is aware this is a crime.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2019 Taipei Film Festival
2019 Geneva International Film Festival
2019 Göteborg International Film Festival
[ Contact (International) ]
Asmik Ace, Inc.
1-8-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Rep: MUTAGUCHI Shinichiro
Attn: KATO Mai, AKASAKI Kaoru, MISHINA Marie
E-mail: https://www.asmik-ace.co.jp/contact
http://www.asmik-ace.co.jp
