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Crew
Tomoko Oshida
Script
Directing

Keiko Tsuruoka
Director
Lighting
Keijirô Akiyama
Gaffer
Production
Koichiro Fukushima
Producer
Takashi Ookawa
Line Producer
Yuhiro Matsuoka
Executive Producer
Tatsuya Matsuoka
Producer
Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…
Script
Director
Gaffer
Producer
Line Producer
Executive Producer
Producer