Genki KAWAMURA 川村元気

百花

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Izumi lives with his mother Yuriko. The relationship is difficult, but once Yuriko develops Alzheimer’s disease and is taken into a care facility, Izumi starts digging into the past. Long-repressed secrets begin to surface. The formally inventive, highly emotional debut from Genki KAWAMURA won the Best Director prize at the 2022 San Sebastian Film Festival.

百花
Hyakka

日本 2022

104 分

監督
川村元気

脚本
平瀬謙太朗 , 川村元気 川村元気の小説を基に

撮影
今村圭佑

音楽
Shohei AMIMORI

海外セールス
Wild Bunch

キャスト
Masaki SUDA, Mieko HARADA, Masami NAGASAWA, 永瀬正敏

About Genki KAWAMURA
川村元気

Genki KAWAMURA, born in Yokohama in 1979, studied journalism at Sophia University and began his film career at Toho. As a producer, he has been responsible for some of the most successful Japanese films in recent years, including YOUR NAME (2016), BELLE (2021 / NC ’22) and the Netflix series THE MAKANAI (2023). In 2012, he published the novel “If Cats Disappeared From The World”, which has been translated into 21 languages. He won the Best Director award at the San Sebastian Film Festival with his feature film directorial debut, A HUNDRED FLOWERS (2022 / NC ’23).