Miwa NISHIKAWA 西川美和
Wild Berries
Nippon Cinema ª
The Akechi family looks like the perfect family – if you overlook drooling and senile old Grandpa, which everyone does. But soon, threatening secrets are revealed, and all hope is invested in someone who may not deserve it… A story mixing precise observation with a heartwarming sense for the absurd.
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Wild Berries (NC 2004)
Japan 2002
108 minutes
World sales
Xanadeux
Cast
Hiroyuki MIYASAKO, Miho TSUMIKI, Sei HIRAIZUMI, Naoko OTANI
About Miwa NISHIKAWA
西川美和
Miwa NISHIKAWA, born in Hiroshima in 1974, is one of the leading Japanese female directors. Her debut film WILD BERRIES (2003 / NC ’04) was produced by Hirokazu KOREEDA. Her feature film DEAR DOCTOR (2009 / NC ’10) won multiple awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize in the category “Screenplay of the Year” in 2010.