Sawako Decides
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- Movie: Sawako Decides
- Romaji: Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa
- Japanese: 川の底からこんにちは
- Director: Yuya Ishii
- Writer: Yuya Ishii
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: May 1, 2010
- Runtime: 112 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sawako has lived in Tokyo for five years, is working her fifth office job, and is dating her fifth boyfriend, who is also her boss at the office. Her life with Kenichi, her boyfriend, and his daughter from a previous marriage, Kayoko, feels like a "compromise," and she endures each day feeling distressed about her career and love life. One day, she receives word that her father, Tadao, who runs a freshwater clam processing business in her hometown, has fallen ill. There is a reason why Sawako would rather not go back home so easily, but she reluctantly decides to return at Kenichi's insistence. But Kenichi, who had actually quit his job shortly before Sawako, uses this opportunity to come along with Sawako to her hometown with his daughter in tow. Thus Sawako's ordeals continue. Still, she takes over her father's clam processing company and begins to work there. -- Pia Film Festival
Cast
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| Hikari Mitsushima | Masashi Endo | Kotaro Shiga | Ryo Iwamatsu | Kira Aihara |
| Sawako | Kenichi | Tadao | Nobuo | Kayoko |
Additional Cast Members:
- Makiko Amuro
- Kurt Chiba
- Katsuki Emura
- Yumi Hirose
- Miyoko Inagawa
- Toshiaki Inomata
- Tsubasa Ito
- Tsubasa Kikuchi
- Tomiko Kudo
- Emi Makino
- Akie Maruyama
- Maki Meguro
- Keiko Shinohe
- Satoshi Shiomi
- Natsumi Suzuki
- Nawo Uchiyama
- Yoshiko Yoshino
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11th-21th - Forum *World Premiere
- 2010 (34th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 21 - April 6 - Indie Power
- 2010 (10th) Nippon Connection - April 14-19 - Nippon Cinema
- 2010 (11th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 29-May 7 - Cinemafest: Cinema Palace
- 2010 (9th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 25 - July 8 *New York Premiere
- 2010 (14th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 8-28 *Canadian Premiere
- 2010 (29th) Vancouver International Film Festival - Sept. 30-Oct. 15 - Dragons and Tigers
- 2010 (54th) BFI London Film Festival - October 13-28 - World Cinema
- 2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 14-24 - Spotlight on Japan *Hawaii Premiere
- 2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - March 5-13, 2011 - Osaka Cinema Festival 2011
Awards
- 2010 (14th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 8-28
- "Best Film"
- "Best Actress" (Hikari Mitsushima)
- 2010 (53rd) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 15, 2011
- "Best Director"
