The Female Gaze
Desert of Namibia / Desert of Namibia
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 11.45 am
- nila
Screening 2
- 18th December
- 2.45 pm
- audi 4
Yoko Yamanaka
Director's bio
Yoko Yamanaka
Born in 1997 in Nagano Prefecture. After dropping out of the Nihon University’s College of Art, she self-taught herself and produced her directorial debut work, “Amiko,” which won the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival 2017. The following year, at the age of 20, “Amiko” was selected for the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the youngest director ever invited and setting a record as the youngest feature film director at the festival. Her film has been screened in over 10 cities and countries including Hong Kong and New York. Her directorial works include “Anytime, Anywhere” which is a part of the omnibus film “21 seiki no onna no ko (2019)” produced by Ū-ki Yamato, and “Uoza- doshi” (2020) as part of the ndjc program.
Synopsis
For 21-year-old Kana, thinking about the future is too boring, and she doesn’t even know what she wants in life. She lacks passion for anything, and even romance is merely just for killing time. Her boyfriend Honda, with whom she lives, tries to please Kana by paying the rent and cooking for her. However, as her relationship with the self-confident creator Hayashi deepens, Kana begins to feel burdened by Honda.
Details of Cast
Keisuke Horibe as Koichiro Daichi Kaneko as Hayashi Kanichiro as Honda Yumi Kawai as Kana Yuzumi Shintani as Ichika Makiko Watanabe as Mari
Details of Crew
Music: Takuma Watanabe Cinematography: Shin Yonekura Editing: Banri Nagase Production Design: Ran Kobayashi
Producer Details
Keisuke Konishi, Masafumi Yamada, Shinji Ogawa, Tokushi Suzuki
Writer Details
Yoko Yamanaka
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