Yujiro HARUMOTO 春本雄二郎
A Balance
由宇子の天秤
Nippon Cinema ª
Aspiring journalist Yuko works on a television report about a double suicide caused by a teacher-student relationship. When she finds out that her father too has an affair with a student, she is forced to question her principles as a journalist. Using an almost documentary-like approach, A BALANCE unfolds a complex drama about morality and truth.
Guests:
Yujiro HARUMOTO
Wed., May 25, 2022, 13:45
Mousonturm Saal
With online Q&A with the director Yujiro HARUMOTO
Original with English subtitles
Drama Social issues
由宇子の天秤
Yuko no tenbin
Japan 2020
153 minutes
World sales
Toei
Cast
Kumi TAKIUCHI, Ken MITSUISHI, Masahiro UMEDA, Yuumi KAWAI, Yota KAWASE
About Yujiro HARUMOTO
春本雄二郎
Yujiro HARUMOTO, born in Kobe in 1978, first worked at Shochiku Kyoto as an assistant director for historical films and TV series after graduating from Nihon University College of Art. He then worked as a freelance assistant director for numerous other film and TV productions. His feature film debut GOING THE DISTANCE (2016 / NC ’17) received an honorary mention of the NIPPON VISIONS jury at the 2017 Nippon Connection Film Festival. With his second feature-length film A BALANCE (2021 / NC ’22), which he produced, wrote and edited himself, he was featured at the 2021 Berlinale in the PANORAMA section.
Media partner: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung