Director: Okiura Hiroyuki
Screenplay: Okiura Hiroyuki
Editor: Uematsu Junichi
Sound: Wakabayashi Kazuhiro
Music: Kubota Mina
Animation: Andō Masashi
Artistic Dorector : Ohno Hiroshi
Voice Cast: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Arakawa Daizaburo, Nishida Toshiyuki, Yamadera Koichi, Nagashima Yuishi
Production: Production IG
Distribution:
Les Films du Préau
14 rue des Taillandiers
75011 PARIS
France
Tel: 0033 1 47 00 16 50
Fax: 0033 1 47 00 16 51
Mail: [email protected]
www.lesfilmsdupreau.com
Year: 2011
Screening: 2017
DCP, Color, 120 min, OV Japanese with French subtitles
After her father, an oceanographer, was lost at sea, eleven-year-old girl Momo leaves Tokyo with her mother Ikuko to settle on the Shio island in the Seto inner sea. They will both stay at Ikuko’s uncle and aunt, who are happy to see young blood reaching their aging island. The family house has not changed much in years. Ikuko is delighted to
be back there. She finds the place simply wonderful, whereas Momo fears it might become a boring place, especially because she does not know anyone. Even though Yota is a nice boy and is very fond of her, Momo is however unable to join the likable group of youngsters living on the island. One day, she sees a shadow next to her mother. Later in the attic of the house, she discovers that the images of an illustrated book have disappeared and she ears suspicious noises. She feels scared…
“I am convinced that we all wish to remain connected with the people we love who are no more with us. I wanted to make a film revolving around this universal feeling.” Okiura Hiroyuki
