Yusuke MORII 森井勇佑

Amiko

こちらあみ子

Nippon Visions   ½ 

Amiko never feels like doing her homework. Being a curious girl, she prefers to explore the world around her in her own unique, personal way. But then a loss in her family changes everything. In his directorial debut, Yusuke MORII reflects on life and death, patience and grief from a child’s perspective, with an acute sense of cinematic style.

こちらあみ子
Kochira Amiko

Japan 2022

104 minutes

Director
Yusuke MORII

Script
Yusuke MORII based on a narration by Natsuko IMAMURA

Cinematography
Hiroshi IWANAGA

Music
Ichiko AOBA

About Yusuke MORII
森井勇佑

Yusuke MORII, born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1985, studied at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Various assistantships followed, including for Tatushi OMORI’s drama EVERY DAY A GOOD DAY (2018). AMIKO (2022) is his debut film, which won the Golden Prize at the 2022 Kaneto Shindo Awards.