Year: 2008
Duration: 114'
One summer day, Ryota and his older sister are returning home “Over the course of their day, as deceptively tranquil as a calm sea,
with their families to pay an infrequent visit to their elderly parents.
The reason for this reunion is to commemorate the death of Junpei,
the oldest son, who died fifteen years earlier in a tragic accident at sea.
Everything looks the same in the old house, but time seems to have
imperceptibly changed the lives of everyone. The old conflicts have
never been completely resolved and the parents can’t hide their
disappointment in the choices their youngest son, Ryota, has made.
the tide flows in, then out and wavelets constantly ripple the surface.
In this film I have contemplated and portrayed the seemingly minute
yet significant wavelets that ripple throughout the course of our long
lives. There are no typhoons in this film. Only the ‘before’ and the
‘after’ of dramatic events are revealed. In other words, I have focused
on the premonitions and the reverberations of life. Because I believe
that is precisely where the essence of life can be found.”
Biography
film director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hirokazu Kore-eda (Tokyo, Giappone, 1962), after graduating from the Literature Department of Waseda University, joined TV Man Union, an independent television production company, where he has directed many documentaries. His first feature film, Maborosi, won the Osella D’oro at the Venice Film Festival in 1995. After Life
(1998) won the Best Film Award at the 16th Turin Film Festival and is currently being adapted into an American film through 20TH Century Fox. Distance was presented in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and Nobody Knows won the Best Actor Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. In 2006 he wrote and directed Hana, his first historical film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Shikashi - Fukushi kirisute no jidainni (However, doc., 1991), Mou hitotsu no
kyouiku - Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku (Lessons from a Calf, doc., 1991), Kare no inai hachigatsu ga (August without Him, doc., 1994), Maboroshi no hikari (Maborosi, 1995), Kioku ga ushinawareta toki (Without Memory, doc., 1996), Wandâfuru raifu (After Life, 1998), Distance (2001), Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows, 2004), Hana yori mo naho (Hana, 2006), Aruitemo aruitemo (Still Walking, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, montaggio/director, story, screenplay, film editing Hirokazu Kore-eda
fotografia/cinematography Yutaka Yamazaki
scenografia/production design Keiichi Sanbe
costumi/costume design Kazuko Kurosawa
musica/music Gontiti
suono/sound Tsurumaki Yutakaa, Ohtake Shuji
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Abe Hiroshi (Yokoyama Ryota), Natsukawa Yui (Yokoyama Yukari), You (Kataoka Chinami), Takahashi Kazuya (Kataoka Nobuo), Tanaka Shohei (Yokoyama Atsushi),
Nomoto Hotaru (Kataoka Satsuki), Hayashi Ryôga (KataokaMutsu), Kiki Kirin (Toshiko Yokoyama)
produttori/producers Kato Yoshihiro, Taguchi Hijiri
produzione/production Engine Film, Bandai Visual Co., TV Man Union, Eisei Gekijo Co., Cine Qua Non
vendita all’estero/world sales Celluloid Dream
fotografia/cinematography Yutaka Yamazaki
scenografia/production design Keiichi Sanbe
costumi/costume design Kazuko Kurosawa
musica/music Gontiti
suono/sound Tsurumaki Yutakaa, Ohtake Shuji
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Abe Hiroshi (Yokoyama Ryota), Natsukawa Yui (Yokoyama Yukari), You (Kataoka Chinami), Takahashi Kazuya (Kataoka Nobuo), Tanaka Shohei (Yokoyama Atsushi),
Nomoto Hotaru (Kataoka Satsuki), Hayashi Ryôga (KataokaMutsu), Kiki Kirin (Toshiko Yokoyama)
produttori/producers Kato Yoshihiro, Taguchi Hijiri
produzione/production Engine Film, Bandai Visual Co., TV Man Union, Eisei Gekijo Co., Cine Qua Non
vendita all’estero/world sales Celluloid Dream