Yoshitaka MORI

Satoshi: A Move For Tomorrow

聖の青春

Nippon Cinema   ª 

This film tells the true story of Satoshi MURAYAMA, who devoted his life to his two greatest struggles: against shogi (Japanese chess) master Yoshiharu HABU and against an incurable disease. Through his love of shogi he developed an astonishing strength of will, but ultimately, it cost him his life. Director Yoshitaka MORI succeeded in depicting the quiet style of shogi in exciting ways, while lead actor Kenichi MATSUYAMA gives the performance of a lifetime.

聖の青春
Satoshi no seishun

Japan 2016

124 minutes

Director
Yoshitaka MORI

Script
Kosuke MUKAI based on a novel by Yoshio OSAKI

Cinematography
Katsumi YANAGISHIMA

Production
"Satoshi no Seishun" Film Partners

World sales
KADOKAWA

Cast
Kenichi MATSUYAMA, Masahiro HIGASHIDE, Shota SOMETANI, Lily Franky, Tokio EMOTO

About Yoshitaka MORI

Born in Saitama in 1979, Yoshitaka MORI made his debut with 108 (2008) after having produced several documentaries. With this feature film he won the silver awards at the Shindo Kaneto Awards. His second movie SPACE BROTHERS (2012) was screened at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and won two awards.

This website (Nippon Connection Database) is using cookies

These include essential cookies that are necessary for the operation of the site, as well as others that are used only for anonymous statistical purposes.

The cookie settings can be viewed and changed at any time at the bottom of the page. Please note that based on your settings, not all functions of the website may be available.
Nipponconnection has no interest in your personal data and does not use third-party-pixels or personalised advertising. You can find our entire privacy policy here.