Akiko OKU 大九明子
She Taught Me Serendipity
今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は
Nippon Cinema ª
Toru has no real plans in life. He feels most at ease at his part-time job at a bathhouse, where he handles the nightly cleaning. He attends university, but without much enthusiasm – until he falls for fellow student Hana, in whom he finds a kindred spirit. In Akiko OKU’s atmospheric film, cheerfulness and sorrow, romance and tragedy go hand in hand.
Thu., May 29, 2025, 19:15
Mousonturm Saal
German premiere
Original with English subtitles
NOT approved for persons under 18 years (NC has not applied for age rating)
Sun., June 1, 2025, 17:30
Cinéma Arthouse Kino
German premiere
Original with English subtitles
NOT approved for persons under 18 years (NC has not applied for age rating)
Drama Obsessions Romance
今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は
Kyo no sora ga ichiban suki, to mada ienai boku wa
Japan 2024
127 minutes
Director
Akiko OKU
Script
Akiko OKU based on a novel by Shusuke FUKUTOKU
Cinematography
Natsuyo NAKAMURA
World sales
Free Stone Productions
Cast
Riku HAGIWARA, Yumi KAWAI, Aoi ITO, Kodai KUROSAKI, Arata FURUTA
About Akiko OKU
大九明子
Akiko OKU, born in Yokohama in 1968, studied at Meiji University and at the Film School of Tokyo. Initially working in television, she directed her debut feature TOKYO SERENDIPITY in 2007, followed by TOKYO NAMELESS GIRL’S STORY (2012), MONSTER (2013), and FANTASTIC GIRLS (2015). Her film TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT (2017 / NC ’18), which won the Audience Award at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival, was screened at Nippon Connection, as were MARRIAGE HUNTING BEAUTY (2018 / NC ’19) and MY SWEET GRAPPA REMEDIES (2019 / NC ’20).