Takuya UCHIYAMA 内山拓也
佐々木、イン、マイマイン
Nippon Visions ½
For Yuji and his clique, Sasaki was the perfect friend: loyal, always up for a laugh and completely fearless. After graduation, the friends lose touch with Sasaki, and Yuji only later recollects what it truly meant to be with him. In his feature-length film debut, Takuya UCHIYAMA tells the youthful story of fragile dreams and unrepeatable moments.
佐々木、イン、マイマイン
日本 2020
118 分
About Takuya UCHIYAMA
内山拓也
Takuya UCHIYAMA, born in Niigata in 1992, worked as a stylist after graduating from the Bunka Fashion College. Soon after, he decided to become a filmmaker and studied under the director Ryota NAKANO. He won the audience award at the PIA Film Festival in 2016 for his feature-length debut VANITAS (2016). What followed were music videos and the medium-length film BLUE FOREST (2018). His second feature SASAKI IN MY MIND (2020 / NC ’21) was backed by crowdfunding and won the Kaneto Shindo Silver Award in 2020.