Directed by:
Akihiko ShiotaCinematography:
山崎裕Composer:
大友良英Cast:
Hoshi Ishida, Mitsuki Tanimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Noriko Eguchi, Ryō, Tsugumi, Miyako Koda, 美知枝, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Toru Shinagawa, Takenori Kaneko (more)Plots(1)
Twelve year old Koichi has spent his whole life hidden from the world, in the hands of a religious sect going by the name of Nirvana. A rebel, angry and defiant, his grandmother on his mother's side refuses to take him in, seeing in him a repetition of her daughter's behaviour before joining the sect. But his grandfather adopts Koichi's sister, leaving the boy in the hands of the social services. Koichi escapes from custody and tries to rescue his sister so that they can live together in a Utopian past where the family was united. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hoshi Ishida
Japan
Best movies:
Half a Confession (2004)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
Canary (2005)
Mitsuki Tanimura
Japan
Best movies:
Wolf Children (2012)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Japan
Best movies:
The Wind Rises (2013)
Dolls (2002)
Vacation (2007)
Noriko Eguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Swing Girls (2004)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Ryō
Japan
Best movies:
Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
Canary (2005)
Scabbard Samurai (2011)
Tsugumi
Japan
Best movies:
Canary (2005)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
April Story (1998)
Miyako Koda
Best movies:
Canary (2005)
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Japan
Best movies:
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
Canary (2005)
Parasyte Part 2 (2015)
Toru Shinagawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Sun (2005)
Close-Knit (2017)
Canary (2005)
Takenori Kaneko
Japan
Best movies:
Canary (2005)
Kenji Mizuhashi
Japan
Best movies:
Drawing Closer (2024)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Canary (2005)
Shiori Inoue
Japan
Best movies:
Canary (2005)
Masahiro Toda
Japan
Best movies:
The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
Canary (2005)
Tokyo Trash Baby (2000)