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
World sales
MoCCA Japan (MCJ)
Cast
Kana OSAWA, Arata IURA, Machiko ONO, Tensei OKUMURA, Yuto OZEKI
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.