Himizu (2012)

Himizu is a Japanese movie directed by Sion Sono and based on a manga by Minoru Furuya.

The film received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor at the 68th Venice Film Festival for the performances of its two young stars, Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido.

Movie info

Original title: ヒミズ
Release date: January 14, 2012
Directed by: Sion Sono
Written by: Sion Sono (screenplay)
Minoru Furuya (manga)
Eiren rating: PG12 (Parental Guidance Requested)
Distributed by: GAGA

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Plot

A 15-year-old named Yuichi Sumida aspires to be ordinary in a chaotic world. However, his surroundings conspire against this. Both his parents have abandoned him and the local yakuza have started pressing him to pay off his father’s debts. Yuichi’s classmate Keiko Chazawa faces similarly bleak circumstances—her own mother having recently built a gallows to encourage Keiko to hang herself.

Keiko feels drawn to Yuichi, and even though he repeatedly pushes her away, she keeps trying to get close to him. Meanwhile, a major incident causes Yuichi to reach his breaking point.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Shota Sometani	Yuichi Sumida
	Fumi Nikaido	Keiko Chazawa
	Tetsu Watanabe	Shozo
	Mitsuru Fukikoshi	Keita Tamura
	Megumi Kagurazaka	Keiko Tamura
	Ken Mitsuishi	Sumida's father
	Makiko Watanabe	Sumida's mother
	Asuka Kurosawa	Chazawa's mother
	Denden	Kaneko
	Jun Murakami	Tanimura
	Yosuke Kubozuka	Teruhiko
	Yuriko Yoshitaka	Miki
	Takahiro Nishijima	You
	Anne Suzuki	Waitress

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