Takuya UCHIYAMA 内山拓也
Sasaki In My Mind
佐々木、イン、マイマイン
Nippon Visions ½
For Yuji and his clique, Sasaki was the perfect friend: loyal, always up for a laugh and completely fearless. After graduation, the friends lose touch with Sasaki, and Yuji only later recollects what it truly meant to be with him. In his feature-length film debut, Takuya UCHIYAMA tells the youthful story of fragile dreams and unrepeatable moments.
Tue., June 1, 2021
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International premiere
Original with English subtitles
Territories: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Coming of age Drama
佐々木、イン、マイマイン
Japan 2020
118 minutes
Director
Takuya UCHIYAMA
Script
Takuya UCHIYAMA, Gaku HOSOKAWA
Cinematography
Hidetoshi SHINOMIYA
Music
Hiroyuki ONOGAWA
Production
Shake,Tokyo
World sales
Third Window Films
Cast
Kisetsu FUJIWARA, Gaku HOSOKAWA, Minori HAGIWARA, Shintaro YUYA, Sakurako KONISHI
About Takuya UCHIYAMA
内山拓也
Takuya UCHIYAMA, born in Niigata in 1992, worked as a stylist after graduating from the Bunka Fashion College. Soon after, he decided to become a filmmaker and studied under the director Ryota NAKANO. He won the audience award at the PIA Film Festival in 2016 for his feature-length debut VANITAS (2016). What followed were music videos and the medium-length film BLUE FOREST (2018). His second feature SASAKI IN MY MIND (2020 / NC ’21) was backed by crowdfunding and won the Kaneto Shindo Silver Award in 2020.