A Double Life
by Yoshiyuki Kishi
►Synopsis
A Double Life is the first feature length directed by filmmaker Yoshiyuki Kishi.
It is inspired by the works of the French artist Sophie Calle ‘following strangers’, where she was tailing people for the pleasure of following them, not because they particularly interested her.
Tama (Mugi Kadowaki) is a post-graduate student working on her PDH thesis in Philosophy. Her Professor (Lili Franky) convinces her to choose randomly one stranger, to tail him and to report his daily routines and encounters. She finds her subject: her neighbor. He is a rich and successful book publisher, married with one daughter. She quickly discovers that he has a Double Life…
Specifications
Japan 2016 126mn 1.85:1 5.1 Japanese
produced by
Star Sands, Inc., Kadokawa Corporation, Dentsu Inc., My Theaterd.d. Inc., Toshiba Digital Frontiers Inc., Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, TV Man Union, Inc.
with
- Mugi Kadowaki (Tama)
- Hiroki Hasegawa (the editor)
- Masaki Suda, (Takuya)
- Lili Franky (the professor)
Crew
References
Festivals' selection
- Shanghai Intl Film Festival 2016
- Vladivostok “Pacific Meridian” Film Festival 2016 – Competition, Best Director Award & Best Actress Award
- Raindance Film Festival in London 2016 (UK) – Intl Competition, nominated for Best director and Best actress
- Minsk Intl Film Festival 2016 (Belarus)
- New York Asian FF 2017 (USA) – Main Competition – Special Mention Award
- AKI-NO Japanese film festival 2017 (Israel)
- The Japanese Film Festival in Sydney & Melbourne 2017 (Australia)
