2023 / Japon / Fiction / 60′
Directed by Kyosuke Takada
Synopsis
10-year-old Misaki is a precocious, sensitive girl who still feels the presence of her late mother at home. Misaki sets a place for her mom at the table and won’t let anybody sit in her chair. Her father now has a new girlfriend and wants the family to move on as best they can, but accepts that Misaki takes life at a different pace than her older sister.
Biography
Born in 2001 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kyosuke Takada started making films when he was in high school with his friends. Aiming to become a director, he enrolled in the film department of Nihon University College of Art. He continues to make films in a style in which he writes only the events in the script and improvises the dialogues on the spot.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Script Kyosuke Takada
Cinematographer Yuichi Ichikawa
Sound Yuzuki Dote
Mix Yuzuki Dote
Cast Yui Suzuki, Karin Nishina, Yasuro Kono
Sets Haruto Kuroda
Production Yuri Kubota PFF (Pia Film Festival)