Yuki TANADA

One Million Yen Girl

百万円と苦虫女

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Suzuko is 21 and moves out of her parents home. After a couple of unfortunate circumstances she has to serve a jail sentence and returns home as the ex-con-daughter. She saves one million yen to move out, finds a place to work and again saves a million yen to move on. However, Suzuko realizes that she cannot keep running forever from the people who love her.

百万円と苦虫女
Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna

Japan 2008

121 minutes

Director
Yuki TANADA

Script
Yuki TANADA

Cinematography
Kei YASUDA

Music
Eiko SAKURAI, Ko HIRANO

About Yuki TANADA

Exceptional talent Yuki TANADA, born in 1975, won the top prize at the PIA Film Festival with her first film. In 2006 she wrote the screenplay for SAKURAN by Mika NINAGAWA. This is the third time we are showing one of her films at NIPPON CONNECTION.