Gukoroku – Traces of Sin
by Kei Ishikawa
►Synopsis
Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and on hold in jail.
An investigative reporter, he immerses himself into a story about a shocking murder case gone cold. The “perfect” family – successful businessman, beautiful wife and adorable child – were brutally murdered a year ago and the case remains unsolved.
Tanaka interviews their friends and acquaintances, and as stories of their true nature unfold, he begins to discover that the family was not as ideal as believed. The interviewees themselves unveil their own hidden natures, revealing a disturbing portrait of social elitism.
Specifications
Japan 2016 120mn 2.35:1 5.1 Japanese 1st Feature Film
Production companies
OFFICE KITANO & BANDAI VISUAL, TV TOKYO, WARNER BROS. PICTURES JAPAN, TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION
Crew
Based on: Tokuro NUKUI’s novel “Gukoroku”
Screenplay: Kosuke MUKAI
DOP: Piotr NIEMYJSKI, P.S.C.
Editor: Yoshinori OTA & Kei Ishikawa
Sound Design: Yoshifumi KUREISHI
Music: Takashi OHMAMA
Producer: Makoto Kakurai
Cast
Satoshi TSUMABUKI
Hikari MITSUSHIMA
Keisuke KOIDE
Asami USUDA
Yui ICHIKAWA
Tomoya NAKAMURA
Wakana MATSUMOTO
Festivals & Awards
World premiere: 73 Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti Competition (2016)
- Warsaw IFF 2016 (Poland) – Competition 1-2
- Goteborg IFF 2017 (Sweden) – New Voices
- Istanbul FF 2017 (Turkey) – Young Masters
- Hong Kong IFF 2017 – I See It My Way
- Golden Horse Fantastic FF 2017 (Taiwan) – Japan cha-cha
- Nippon Connection in Frankfurt 2017 (Germany) – Competition
- Japan Filmfest 2017 (Hamburg)
- Toronto Japanese FF 2017 (Canada)
- Shanghai IFF 2017 (China) – Panorama
- New York Asian FF 2017 (USA)
- Vancouver Intl Film Festival 2017 (Canada) -Dragons & Tigers
- AKI-NO Japanese Film Festival 2017 (Israel)
- The Japanese Film Festival in Sydney, Melbourne, etc. 2017 (Australia)
- Tokyo Intl Film Festival 2017 (Japan)
- Kinotayo, Contemporary Japanese Film Festival, Paris 2017 (France)- Best Cinematography Award
- Hawaii Intl Film Festival 2017 (USA)
- Casa Asia Barcelona 2017 (Spain)
- UK tour by The Japan Foundation 2018
Wonderful Quotes
” Mr. Ishikawa Kei is more than a simple promise: he is already one the most interesting film director of the contemporary Japanese cinema.”
Alberto Barbera
THE TELEGRAPH
“the best urban mysteries – a kind of 21st century Tokyo noir”
