Director: O Mipo
Screenplay: Nakawaki Hatsue, Takada Ryo
Cinematographer: Tsuginaga Yuta
Editing: Kimura Etsuko
Sound: Yoshida Noriyoshi
Music: Tanaka Takuto
Cast: Ono Machiko, Okano Tadashi, Ikewaki Chizuru, Kabe Amon, Kita Michie, Kurokawa Mei, Kôra Kengo, Matsuhima Ryôta
Production: Ark Entertainment
Contact:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Tel: +81 3 5689 1014
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 2015
DCP, Color, 121 min, OV Japanese with English and French electronic subtitles
French Première
Okano, a teacher freshly appointed in an elementary school, wonders if he has not chosen the most difficult work on earth. He noticed that one of his pupils is having family problems.
Akiko leaves the supermarket without paying for her purchase. The old lady feels the first signs of Alzheimer disease. She becomes friendly with a young boy mentally disabled.
Masami’s husband works abroad, she lives on her own with their only daughter. She has a secret she cannot share with anyone. She is often violent with Ayane, thinking that everybody does the same. In the park, she meets a neighbour who has a quite different kind of relationship with children.
“People suffocating in their family may be saved by someone who does not ‘belong’ to the family. And if such thing happens, they can again feel compassion for their ‘family’.” O Mipo.
