Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI 熊切和嘉

My Man

私の男

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Following a natural disaster, an orphaned girl is adopted by a distant relative. Spanning several years and locations, their relationship takes an increasingly destructive turn. MY MAN finds KUMAKIRI firing on all cylinders, switching effortlessly between psychological study, Sirk­style melodrama, amour fou and coming­of­age­story, drawing career best performances from Tadanobu ASANO (winner of the first NIPPON HONOR AWARD) and Fumi NIKAIDO.

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My Man (NC 2015)

私の男
Watashi no otoko

Japan 2014

129 minutes

Director
Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI

Script
Takashi UJITA based on a novel by Kazuki SAKURABA

Cinematography
Ryuto KONDO

Music
Jim O’ROURKE

About Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI
熊切和嘉

Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI was born in Hokkaido Prefecture in 1974. He graduated from Osaka University of Arts with his controversial debut feature KICHIKU (1997), which subsequently became an international festival hit and was invited to the Berlin International Film Festival. Nippon Connection has already shown several of his films, including A VOLATILE WOMAN (2004 / NC ’06), MY MAN (2014 / NC ’15), and #MANHOLE (2023 / NC ’23). At the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival, YOKO (2023 / NC ’24) received awards for best film, best leading actress, and best script.