TOKYO FILMeX Competition films

Japan / 2018 / 113 min.
Director: HIROSE Nanako

Tetsuro runs a carpentry shop in a rural town. One day he comes to the aid of an unknown young man he discovers unconscious by the riverside and looks after him at home. Calling himself Shinichi, the young man goes on living at Tetsuro's home and is given a job at the carpentry shop. Slowly, Shinichi begins to open himself up to Tetsuro. And Tetsuro also, begins to harbor fatherly feelings for this young man with the same name as his deceased son. Around this time, however, rumors begin to spread about an incident that happened in the town several years ago.... Having worked as a director's assistant to KORE-EDA Hirokazu and NISHIKAWA Miwa, HIROSE Nanako makes her directorial debut from her own original screenplay. Giving a good performance as the complicated Shinichi is YAGIRA Yuya whom KORE-EDA discovered for "Nobody Knows" (2004). Screened in the New Currents Section of the Busan International Film Festival.