Koji FUKADA 深田晃司
Au revoir l'eté
ほとりの朔子
Nippon Cinema ª
Sakuko should be learning for her university admission exams, but decides to accompany her aunt to a rural town by the sea. The characters she meets there all have to fight their own, more or less grave problems. This film proves that bittersweet summer comedies in the vein of Eric Rohmer can be flawlessly transplanted to Japanese shores.
ほとりの朔子
Hotori no Sakuko
Japan, USA 2013
126 minutes
Production
WA Entertainment
World sales
Pascale Ramonda
Cast
Fumi NIKAIDO, Mayu TSURUTA, Taiga, Kanji FURUTACHI, Kiki SUGINO
About Koji FUKADA
深田晃司
Koji FUKADA, born in Tokyo in 1980, studied literature at Taisho University and film at the Film School of Tokyo. He made his feature film debut with THE CHAIR in 2004. One year later, he joined the theater group Seinendan. His films HOSPITALITÉ (2010) and AU REVOIR L’ÉTÉ (2013 / NC ’14) were successfully screened at various international film festivals and have won numerous awards. HARMONIUM (2016 / NC ’17) received the Jury Award at Un Certain Regard in Cannes. In 2018, he was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France.