Shunji IWAI 岩井俊二
Kyrie
キリエのうた
Nippon Cinema ª
Kyrie is a mysterious girl who has difficulty speaking, yet when she sings, her anxiety melts away. She encounters various people whom she wants to hold on to, but since they have their own trauma to deal with, music remains her only companion. Shunji IWAI has assembled an impressive cast of young actors for the adaptation of his own novel.
キリエのうた
Kirie no uta
Japan 2023
179 minutes
World sales
Toei
Cast
AiNA THE END, Hokuto MATSUMURA, Haru KUROKI, Suzu HIROSE
About Shunji IWAI
岩井俊二
Shunji IWAI, born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1963, graduated from Yokohama National University. After beginning his directing career with commercials, TV dramas and music videos in 1988, his feature debut LOVE LETTER (1995) became a commercial and critical success and received numerous awards. The teen drama ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (2001 NC ’02) brought him international renown. He has already made several films outside Japan, with VAMPIRE (2011) having been his first English-language film. In addition to writing and directing his films, IWAI often composes his own scores.