Riho KUDO 工藤梨穂
Let Me Hear It Barefoot
Nippon Visions ½
Naomi’s dull life changes when he meets Maki, who is supposed to travel the world at the request of his blind adoptive grandmother. Lacking money, Naomi and Maki decide to fake the trip with audio letters. In the process, they become closer to each other. With naturalistic imagery, LET ME HEAR IT BAREFOOT is both an emotive LGBTQ drama and a tribute to Wong Kar-Wai's HAPPY TOGETHER.
Thu., May 26, 2022, 19:00
NAXOS Cinema
German premiere
Original with English subtitles
Fri., May 27, 2022, 21:45
Mal Seh'n Kino
German premiere
Original with English subtitles
Special Mention –
Nippon Visions Jury Award
2022
Coming of age LGBTQ Stories Of Youth
裸足で鳴らしてみせろ
Hadashi de narashite misero
Japan 2021
127 minutes
World sales
PIA Film Festival
Cast
Shion SASAKI, Shuri SUWA, Kaho ITO, Jun FUBUKI, Masahiro KOMOTO
About Riho KUDO
工藤梨穂
Riho KUDO, born in Fukuoka in 1995, studied film at Kyoto University of the Arts. Her graduation film ORPHANS’ BLUES (2018) was invited to numerous Japanese film festivals and received various awards. Her second feature film LET ME HEAR IT BAREFOOT (2021 / NC ’22) was supported by a grant from the PIA Film Festival and was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.