FUJII Michihito
FUJII Michihito was born in 1986. After his graduation from Nihon University College of Art’s Department of Cinema, he started his own director’s collective that he named “BABEL LABEL” in 2010. His first commercial movie was “Oh! Father” (2014). “The Journalist” (2019) won and was nominated for six awards at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize, including The Best Picture, and many other film awards. He consecutively released works such as “We Are” (2018), “Day and Night” (2019), “The Brightest Roof in the Universe” (2020), “A Family” (2021), and "The Last 10 years". In 2023, his films “Village” and “Hard Days” were released. FUJII is undoubtedly one of the most popular film directors in Japan today.
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Village
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STORY
As night falls, Kamonmura, a small and rustic Japanese village nestled in the mountains, is enveloped in mist. A huge waste landfill site on a nearby mountainside looms over the villagers as they watch “Takigi Noh” performers carry out a mystical wood burning ritual. KATAYAMA Yu, played by YOKOHAMA Ryusei, a lifelong resident of the village, is forced to find work to pay off his mother’s debts. He signs on at the site and is seemingly locked into a never-ending cycle of hopelessness. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when his childhood friend, Misaki, returns home from Tokyo.
CAST
YOKOHAMA Ryusei, KUROKI Haru, ICHINOSE Wataru, OKUDAIRA Daiken, SAKUMA Ryuto, FUCHIKAMI Yasushi, TODA Masahiro, YAJIMA Kenichi, SUGIMOTO Tetta, NISHIDA Naomi, KINO Hana, NAKAMURA Shido, FURUTA ArataSTAFF
Director/Screenwriter: FUJII Michihito
Music: IWASHIRO Taro
Production: STAR SANDS
Distributor: KADOKAWA/STAR SANDSInfo
Year of production: 2023
Country: Japan
Running time: 120min
Language: Japanese- Director
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