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

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.