Kenji YAMAUCHI

Her Father, My Lover

友だちのパパが好き

Nippon Visions   ½ 

A young woman falling in love with her best friend’s father: that sounds like a well-known plot. However, Kenji YAMAUCHI presents this story with a distanced and ironic twist. When Maya tells Taeko: “I like your Dad”, she lays the foundation for a dramatic course of events. And didn’t Dad actually have other plans than beginning an affair with a twenty-year-old?

友だちのパパが好き
Tomodachi no papa ga suki

Japan 2015

105 minutes

Director
Kenji YAMAUCHI

Script
Kenji YAMAUCHI

Cinematography
Kiyoaki HASHIMOTO

About Kenji YAMAUCHI

Kenji YAMAUCHI, born in Tokyo in 1958, started his career in the film business as a scriptwriter in 1983. After writing for numerous TV productions during the 1990s, he switched to theater in 2004 and founded his own ensemble in 2006. He has already staged a number of successful plays. AT THE TERRACE is his third feature film and received much acclaim at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.