Release Date

June, 1st, 2020

Running Time

131 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP,Blu-ray

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP, Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

• NAITO Eisuke

[ Produced by ]

• NAITO Eisuke
• TASAKA Kimiaki
• USHIYAMA Takuji

[ Cast ]

• UEMURA Yu ── ICHIKAWA Kira
• KUROIWA Yoshi ── ICHIKAWA Mari
• NAGURA Yukino ── SAKURAI Momoko

[ Staff ]

• NAITO Eisuke ── Screenplay
• YAMAGATA Tetsuo ── Screenplay
• IJU Moritada ── Director of Photography
• TOMINAGA Keisuke ── Editor
• NAITO Eisuke ── Editor
• ARITA Hisashi ── Music

[ Production Company ]

"Forgiven Children" Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SPACE SHOWER FILMS

[ Production Studio ]

L'ESPACE FILM

[ Story ]

The first independent film since Let's Make The Teacher Have A Miscarriage Club by director Naito Eisuke whose strong filmmaking voice attracts attention each time he releases a film. Taken from an actual bullying case which resulted in a fatality, the story questions the manner crime is confronted through the perspective of the perpetrator, his family, and the family of the victim.
Ichikawa Kira (Uemura Yu) is a first year middle-schooler and leader of a gang of delinquents. He bullies daily his classmate Kuramochi Itsuki (Abe Takuya) and ends up killing him. Kira confesses to the crime, but through the persuasion of his mother who believes in his innocence, Kira denies the criminal charge and is released unpunished.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.yurusaretakodomotachi.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2020 Jeonju International Film Festival, World Cinema
2020 Nippon Connection
2020 New York Asian Film Festival
2020 Japan Filmfest Hamburg
2020 KINOTAYO Matsuri

[ Contact (International) ]

L'ESPACE FILM
4F, Shuwa Yoyogi Ekimae Bldg., 4-26-15 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Attn: TASAKA Kimiaki
tel: +81 3 3478 0728
fax: +81 3 3478 1826
E-mail: tasaka@lespacefilm.com
https://lespacefilm.com