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Diamonds in the Sand (2024) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 30, 2024

Original Title:
砂の中のダイヤモンド

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
CMB Film Services
Is.Field
Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
Nathan Studios
Paperheart
Project 8 Projects
Spanic Films
Talents Tokyo

Production Countries:
Japan | Malaysia | Philippines

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 102

Overview from TheMovieDB

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

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Associate Producer:
Geo Lomuntad
Anna Velario
Monster Jimenez

Director:
Janus Victoria

Director of Photography:
Akiko Ashizawa

Editor:
Soo Mun Thye

Executive Producer:
Shôzô Ichiyama
Ria Atayde
Sylvia Sanchez
Jaime G. Baltazar
Dan Villegas
Antoinette Jadaone
Lorna Tee
Ho Yuhang
Masumi Soga
Manet A. Dayrit
Janus Victoria

Lighting Director:
Shigenori Miki

Music:
Jai Saldajeno

Producer:
Dan Villegas
Lorna Tee
Masumi Soga

Production Design:
Eero Francisco

Set Designer:
Keiko Katahira

Sound:
Corinne de San Jose

Writer:
Janus Victoria

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