Release in Japan: July 12, 2024
DIRECTOR: Kei Chika-ura “COMPLICITY”
CAST:
Mirai Moriyama “Shadow of Fire” “Rage” “Shin Kamen Rider”
Tatsuya Fuji “COMPLICITY” “In the Realm of the Senses”
Yoko Maki “After the Storm” ”Like Father, Like Son”
Hideko Hara “A Bride for Rip Van Winkle” “Shall We Dance?”
Film Festivals & Awards:
2023 Toronto International Film Festival - Platform Section
Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance - Tatsuya Fuji (San Sebastian IFF),
ATENEO GUIPUZCOANO Award (San Sebastian IFF)
Golden Gate Award – Best International Film (San Francisco IFF)
Synopsis:
Distanced from his father Yohji for twenty years, Takashi is brought back home by a jarring police call–Yohji has disconnected from reality due to dementia, and his second wife Naomi is missing. Asked where she is, the old man replies that she committed suicide. While trying to find out about the stepmother, Takashi traces the past of Yohji he has never been able to accept.
