Memorizu

Logline

In a rural town in Kyushu, a man who has come to help his injured father-in-law documents his daily life and shares videos with his family back in Tokyo, discovering through these snippets the quiet value of their bond.

Synopsis

Yuta comes to a country town in Kyushu to take care of his father-in-law Makoto, who is recovering from a fractured leg. While helping out with Makoto’s old-fashioned photo studio, Yuta exchanges smartphone videos with his wife Yuki and daughter Hana in Tokyo. No earth-shaking incidents occur, but as little details of daily life accumulate as a succession of recordings and memories, the ongoing existence of their lives as a family is gently and vividly brought to light.

Details

Directed by

Miiku SAKANISHI

Written by

Miiku SAKANISHI

Produced by

Little More Co., Ltd.
Date Masato, Fukuoka Yoshiho, Tsuchii Tomoo

Cast

Iseey Ogata, Emoto Tasuku, Hoshi Moeka

Crew

Written & Directed by: SAKANISHI Miiku
Project planning: SUN Chiapang
Cinematography: KAMAKARI Yoichi
Lighting: NAGATA Hidenori
Sound: HWANG Young Chang
Production Design: WATANABE Daichi
Editing: FUSHIMA Shinichi

Director's Filmography

Director SAKANISHI Miiku first won recognition when his short film “For a While,” made
as part of a seminar group while a student at Kyoto University of Art and Design (now Kyoto
University of the Arts) won the International Students Creative Award 2013’s Domestic
Picture Contents section Grand Prize.
The short is an eight-minute depiction of an elementary
school-age boy and girl spending time at a park.