Kyoshi Sugita
Nascimento : , Tokyo, Japan
História
Born 1977, Tokyo, Japan. Film director, whose feature film One Song was selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011 and made its theatrical debut in 2012. His second feature film, Song of Light, was selected for the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival and the 2018 Jeonju International Film Festival and will be released theatrically in 2019. The film received high praise in major newspapers and the film magazine Kinema Junpo, and word of mouth spread, leading to a nationwide theatrical release. He has also published the novels Kawa no Koibito (River Lovers) and Hitotsu no Uta (One Song) (in the literary magazine Subaru), and participated as a photographer in the fourth poetry collection Uta Long Long Short Song Long by the poet Koichi Masuno (Raitosha), and continues to work widely.
Screenplay
Sachi começa a trabalhar meio período em um café, depois de largar o antigo emprego como curadora em um museu, no mesmo momento em que se muda para um apartamento indicado por um cliente do seu novo local de trabalho. Toda essa repentina mudança de vida ocorre como uma tentativa de superar o suicido de sua parceira, Yuki, que se matou quando as duas moravam juntas. Aos poucos, Sachi passa a viver a própria vida, cercada pelos cuidados dos tios, que a criaram desde muito jovem, pelo gerente do café e pelos amigos.
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Sachi começa a trabalhar meio período em um café, depois de largar o antigo emprego como curadora em um museu, no mesmo momento em que se muda para um apartamento indicado por um cliente do seu novo local de trabalho. Toda essa repentina mudança de vida ocorre como uma tentativa de superar o suicido de sua parceira, Yuki, que se matou quando as duas moravam juntas. Aos poucos, Sachi passa a viver a própria vida, cercada pelos cuidados dos tios, que a criaram desde muito jovem, pelo gerente do café e pelos amigos.
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Shiori, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko continue to live each day with untold feelings inside. Unable to forget a colleague on a trip, a father who is ill, a friend who works at a store that is about to close, and a long-lost husband, each woman takes a step forward. There is a light that sometimes embraces them, calmly and gently.
Screenplay
Shiori, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko continue to live each day with untold feelings inside. Unable to forget a colleague on a trip, a father who is ill, a friend who works at a store that is about to close, and a long-lost husband, each woman takes a step forward. There is a light that sometimes embraces them, calmly and gently.
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Yukiko comes to Tokyo from Ehime and continues to live in a place where she knows nobody. One day, she happens to meet a young man who comes and goes from her workplace.
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At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Tsuyoshi is at the scene and witnesses the death of a woman. Right before the accident occurred, Tsuyoshi took a photograph of the woman, who carried a gentle look. Later, Tsuyoshi learns the woman has a daughter named Kiriko. Tsuyoshi meets Kiriko.
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At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Tsuyoshi is at the scene and witnesses the death of a woman. Right before the accident occurred, Tsuyoshi took a photograph of the woman, who carried a gentle look. Later, Tsuyoshi learns the woman has a daughter named Kiriko. Tsuyoshi meets Kiriko.
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The poet Koichi Masuno always goes to his friends to give them his poetry collection "Kujikena", which is about to be published.
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A day in the life of Kiriko, who has not told anyone about her father's disappearance.
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One day, Haru (25), who works as a bookstore clerk, reunites with Takeshi (45), whom she first met a few years prior, when she stopped him from jumping in front of a train. Takeshi offers Haru a job. Another day, Haru is worried about Yukiko (40) who is sitting on a bench in front of the station, and talks to her. This leads them on a small journey together. Haru takes along a cassette tape and recorder left behind by her mother Taeko, who died of illness when Haru was in primary school. Haru again faces regrets of not being able to help Taeko, which she had held for a long time.
