Rairu Sugita

Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake

It is 1965, a time of rapid economic growth for Japan and also a time when the people called Sanka, a nomadic band of outcasts, were fading away. Having arrived at his father’s countryside estate from Tokyo to focus on preparing for his high school entrance exam, a lonely 15-year-old named Norio (Rairu Sugita) encounters three Sanka, first teenage Hana (Naru Komukai), then her father Shozo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) and her grandmother. Taken under their wing and drawn to their simple and rugged lifestyle, Norio begins to spend his summer days fishing in the rivers and catching snakes in the bush for food. He also witnesses how they are discriminated against by people like his authoritarian father who rejects their illogical lifestyle. With bad blood already existing between Norio and his father, and a hopeless desire to become one with the Sanka, Norio is forced to confront the cruel reality of his age.

Yukina, who works as a call girl in the burbs just north of Tokyo, was sexually abused by her stepfather. Her younger stepbrother Minoru was also abused, but meanwhile he harbors feelings for her. He gets suspicious about her line of work after finding her call girl business card, but he also worries that he'll become the target of bullying at school.

初の商業映画監督作「湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛」が日本アカデミー賞ほか多数の映画賞を受賞するなど高い評価を獲得した中野量太監督が、認知症を患う父親とその家族の姿を描いた中島京子の小説「長いお別れ」を映画化。これまでオリジナル脚本作品を手がけてきた中野監督にとっては、初の原作ものとなった。父・昇平の70歳の誕生日で久しぶりに集まった娘たちは、厳格な父が認知症になったという事実を告げられる。日に日に記憶を失い、父でも夫でもなくなっていく昇平の様子に戸惑いながらも、そんな昇平と向き合うことで、おのおのが自分自身を見つめなおしていく。そんな中、家族の誰もが忘れていた思い出が、昇平の中で息づいていることがわかり……。一家の次女・芙美役を蒼井優、長女・麻里役を竹内結子、母・曜子役を松原智恵子が務め、認知症を患う父・昇平を山崎努が演じた。

地方都市を舞台に39歳の男3人の友情物語を綴る人間ドラマ。紘は妻子とともに、父から受け継いだ山中の炭焼き窯で製炭をして暮らしている。ある日、中学からの旧友で、自衛隊員として海外派遣されていた瑛介が町に帰ってくる。