Directed by:
Takeshi FukunagaCinematography:
Daniel SatinoffComposer:
Alex Zhang HungtaiCast:
Masatoshi Nagase, Anna Yamada, Mirai Moriyama, 二ノ宮隆太郎, Tôko Miura, 川瀬陽太, Taiga Komie, Haya Nakazaki, Toru Shinagawa, Erika Shûmoto, 白川和子Plots(1)
Rin is a young woman growing up during a time of famine. There is so little food that her village cannot afford to welcome any newcomers, including newborn children. Her family is one of the last in the village, and their lives thus depend on remaining obedient to those who control the last kernels of grain. Rin’s only consolation comes from an alliance with the gods of the wilderness looking down on this human suffering. The period film’s impressive wide shots of nature truly bring to life and radiate with supernatural forces, thus intertwining the story’s balladic aspects with its more realistic line. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Masatoshi Nagase
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Sweet Red Bean Paste (2015)
Mystery Train (1989)
Anna Yamada
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Golden Kamuy (2024)
Liverleaf (2018)
Mirai Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Inu-Oh (2022)
Fish Story (2009)
二ノ宮隆太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Yakuza and the Family (2020)
Tôko Miura
Japan
Best movies:
Drive My Car (2021)
The Girl in the Sun (2013)
Mountain Woman (2022)
川瀬陽太
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Rubber's Lover (1996)
Policeman and Me (2017)
Taiga Komie
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Haya Nakazaki
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
Toru Shinagawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Sun (2005)
Close-Knit (2017)
Canary (2005)
Erika Shûmoto
Japan
Best movies:
Mountain Woman (2022)
白川和子
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
After Life (1998)
Pluie noire (1989)