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Release Date:
January 24, 2019
Original Title:
王国(あるいはその家について)
Alternate Titles:
Okoku (aruiwa sonoka ni tsuite)
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Aichi Arts Center
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 150
Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter.
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Director:
Natsuka Kusano
Director of Photography:
Yasutaka Watanabe
Editor:
Natsuka Kusano
Keita Suzuo
Producer:
Takashi Echigoya
Screenplay:
Tomoyuki Takahashi
Sound Designer:
Young Chang Hwang
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