Momoko ANDO
A Piece Of Our Life – Kakera
カケラ
Nippon Cinema ª
College student Haru is stuck in an unsatisfying relationship. When she meets Riko they become very close friends. Soon Haru realizes that Riko is expecting more from her than she is willing to give. KAKERA is a nuanced portrait of love, friendship, identity and gender, illuminating the intensity and confusion of the journey toward maturity.
カケラ
Kakera
Japan 2009
107 minutes
Director
Momoko ANDO
Script
Momoko ANDO based on a manga by Erica SAKURAZAWA
Cinematography
Hirokazu ISHII
Music
James IHA
Production
Zero Pictures
World sales
Dongyu Club
Cast
Hikari MITSUSHIMA, Eriko NAKAMURA, Tasuku NAGAOKA, Ken MITSUISHI, Toshie NEGISHI
About Momoko ANDO
Momoko ANDO, graduate of the London Slade School of Fine Art and New York University, is no stranger to film: born in 1982 to actordirector Eiji OKUDA and essayist Kazu ANDO, she worked on films as her father’s assistant before making her debut work, the manga adaption KAKERA, in 2009.