Rikiya IMAIZUMI 今泉力哉

Their Distance

知らない、ふたり

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Leon, a young Korean shoe repairer who devotes himself to a monotonous daily routine, doesn’t realize that his co­worker Kokaze has feelings for him. Instead, he falls for a mysterious girl he finds sleeping on a park bench, which leads to an entertaining and heartwarming tale, convincingly played out by various K­pop idols and young stars of the Korean­Japanese community.

知らない、ふたり
Shiranai, futari

Japan 2015

109 minutes

Director
Rikiya IMAIZUMI

Script
Rikiya IMAIZUMI

Cinematography
Hiroshi IWANAGA

Production
Nikkatsu

World sales
Nikkatsu

Cast
REN, Fumiko AOYAGI, Hanae KAN, Minhyun, JR

About Rikiya IMAIZUMI
今泉力哉

Rikiya IMAIZUMI, born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1981, made his commercial feature-length debut A FILM OF TAMA in 2010 after creating several short films. His feature films such as I CATCH A TERRIBLE CAT (2012), SAD TEA (2013), and THEIR DISTANCE (2015 / NC ’16) were screened at numerous international film festivals. With HIS (2020 / NC ’21), he won the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2021 at Nippon Connection.