Yamaonna
Mountain Woman
- Release Date
- June, 30th, 2023
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Drama , Historical , Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- YAMADA Anna ── Rin
- MORIYAMA Mirai ── Yamaotoko
- NAGASE Masatoshi ── Ihei
[ Staff ]
- FUKUNAGA Takeshi ── Screenplay
- OSADA Ikue ── Screenplay
- Daniel SATINOFF ── Cinematography
- Christopher Makoto YOGI ── Editor
- Alex Zhang HUNGTAI ── Music
[ Production Company ]
Cineric Creative, Booster Project
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
animoproduce
[ Story ]
Drama inspired by folklorist Yanagida Kunio's famous book ‘Tales of Tono'. Directed and scripted by Fukunaga Takeshi, whose Ainu Moshir was highly acclaimed abroad.
Tohoku in the late 18th century. Rin (Yamada Anna) lives in a village suffering from food shortages caused by cold weather damage. Mount Hayachimine, where the goddess of thieves is said to reside, is her spiritual support, but she leaves the village in order protect her father, Ihei (Nagase Masatoshi), who committed theft. Rin crosses the mountain god's shrine and goes deep into the mountain, where she encounters a mountain man (Moriyama Mirai) who is feared as a legendary being.
[ Official Site ]
https://www.yamaonna-movie.com
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2022 Tokyo International Film Festival, Competition
2023 Hong Kong International Film Festival, World Cinema
2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Horizons
[ Contact (International) ]
EST N8, LLC
8445 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, US
E-mail: distribution@estmedia.com
https://www.eststudios.co