Mipo O 呉美保
きみはいい子
Being Good
Nippon Cinema ª
Idealistic teacher Tasuku hits a brick wall when he attempts to help a boy who is mobbed by his classmates. Young mother Masami is inappropriately strict and cold towards her daughter Ayane, due to a trauma from earlier in her life. Coming on the heels of her 2015 Oscarnominated THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE, Mipo O delivers a devastating portrayal of bullying and abuse in Japanese society.
きみはいい子
Kimi wa iiko
日本 2015
121 分
海外セールス
Nikkatsu
キャスト
Kengo KORA, Machiko ONO, Chizuru IKEWAKI, Michie KITA, Kazuya TAKAHASHI
About Mipo O
呉美保
Mipo O, born in Mie Prefecture in 1977, is of Korean descent. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, she worked, among other things, as a screenwriter for Nobuhiko OBAYASHI. She made her directorial debut in 2006 with THE SAKAI’S HAPPINESS. For HERE COMES THE BRIDE, MY MOM! (2010 / NC ’11), O received an award at the Kaneto Shindo Awards in 2010. Her breakthrough came in 2014 with the Oscar-nominated THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE. Nine years after BEING GOOD (2015 / NC ’16), she continued her career with LIVING IN TWO WORLDS (2024 / NC ’25).