Yuya ISHII 石井裕也
ぼくたちの家族
Nippon Cinema ª
It is a sudden shock for the Wakana family: a diagnosis reveals that Reiko has cancer and only a short time left to live. As her husband and their two sons slowly try to cope with it, submerged problems seem to drive the situation into a desperate crisis. Director Yuya ISHII’s emotional family drama reflects on family values in modern society.
ぼくたちの家族
Bokutachi no kazoku
日本 2014
117 分
製作
HoriPro
海外セールス
ColorBird
キャスト
Satoshi TSUMABUKI, Mieko HARADA, Sosuke IKEMATSU, Kyozo NAGATSUKA, Mei KUROKAWA
About Yuya ISHII
石井裕也
Yuya ISHII, born in Saitama Prefecture in 1983, graduated from Osaka University of Arts. His graduation film and feature-length debut BARE-ASSED JAPAN (2005) was invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam. His film SAWAKO DECIDES (2010 / NC ’10) had its world premiere at the Berlinale Forum. He won all important Japanese film awards as best director and received an Oscar nomination for THE GREAT PASSAGE (2013). After several big budget films, he returned to his roots in independent filmmaking with THE TOKYO NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THE DENSEST SHADE OF BLUE (2017 / NC ’17).