Hajime KADOI
Vacation
休暇
Nippon Cinema ª
Hirai, a death-row prison guard, handles the routine work dispassionately. He is about to get married to Mika, a single mother. Hirai finds out that if he acts as the supporter during the execution of Kaneda, he’ll be entitled to a week’s vacation. So he volunteersfor this job, one which everybody loathes, in order to make time to be with his new family.
休暇
Kyuka
Japan 2008
115 minutes
Production
Little Bird
World sales
Eleven Arts
Cast
Kaoru KOBAYASHI, Hidetoshi NISHIJIMA, Shuji KASHIWABARA, Ren OSUGI, Nene OTSUKA
About Hajime KADOI
Hajime KADOI, born in 1973 in Ibaraki Prefecture, began studying film at the New Cinema Workshop after the success of his short film A MODEST ATTEMPT. He attracted international attention with his feature debut THE CORNER OF THE SHELF. VACATION is now his long-awaited second feature film.