Memorizu

Logline

In a rural town in Kyushu, a man who has come to help his injured father-in-law records fragments of his daily life and shares photos and videos with his family back in Tokyo, keeping 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

Masato DATE, Yoshiho FUKUOKA, Tomoo TSUCHII

Production company

Little More Co., Ltd.

Cast

Issey OGATA, Tasuku EMOTO, Moeka HOSHI

Crew

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

Director's Filmography

Director Miiku SAKANISHI 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.