Hokage
Shadow of Fire
(c) SHINYA TSUKAMOTO / KAIJYU THEATER
(c) SHINYA TSUKAMOTO / KAIJYU THEATER
(c) SHINYA TSUKAMOTO / KAIJYU THEATER
- Release Date
- November, 25th, 2023
- Running Time
- 95 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP,Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
- Shuri ── Woman
- MORIYAMA Mirai ── Street Vendor
[ Staff ]
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Screenplay
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Cinematography
- NAKANISHI Katsuyuki ── Lighting
- TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Editor
- ISHIKAWA Chu ── Music
[ Production Company ]
KAIJYU THEATER
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
SHIN NIPPON FILMS
[ Story ]
This drama builds on director Tsukamoto Shinya's Fires on the Plain and Killing with a story set in the chaos of a post-war black market. Won NETPAC award at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival.
A woman (Shuri) living alone in a burned-out pub succumbs to wartime despair and sells her body. One day, she finds a kid sneaking into her pub. He lost his family in the air raids and survives by stealing food at the black market.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2023 Venice International Film Festival, ORIZZONTI COMPETITION, NETPAC
2023 Toronto International Film Festival, CENTERPIECE
2023 Tokyo International Film Festival, Gala Selection
[ 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
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