Miss Osaka
by Daniel Dencik
►Synopsis
“Who would you like to be if you could be anyone ?”
Ines follows her boyfriend’s business trip to Norway and meets the enigmatic Maria, coming from Osaka. Their chance encounter becomes more profound as they get to know each other and find affinities within themselves and the divergent lifestyles they lead. One night, under the green glow of the northern lights, their relationship comes to an abrupt end.
Without looking back, Inés leaves everything behind and flies to Japan, retracing the mysterious footsteps of María’s life. A business card bearing the name of a hostess club, ‘Miss Osaka’, leads her into the neon lit depths of a labyrinthine parallel world where identities are as fluid as the sound of a mellow sax solo, where reality is no match for dreams and the emptiness of the soul can be healed with a new personality. As she plunges with determination into this unique existence, Inés begins to realize that all dreams, even the most beautiful ones, have to end.
Specifications
Denmark/Norway/Japan 2021 90mn 1.85:1 English, Japanese, Danish
Directed by
Daniel Dencik
Written by
Daniel Dencik, Sara Isabella Jønsson
Produced by
Haslund Dencik Entertainment (Michael Haslund/Denmark)
Co-produced by
Rein Film (Norway)
C&I Entertainment (Japan)
Cast
Victoria Carmen Sonne (Holiday)
Mikkel Boe Folsgaard
Nagisa Morimoto
Mirai Moriyama
Junko Abe
Kaho Minami
Crew
DOP: Aske Alexander Foss
Production designers: Jane Marshall Whittaker (Norway), Aiko Kuramoto (Japan)
Editors: Olivia Neegaard-Holm, Jenna Mangulad
Sound designer/editor: Mikkel Groos
Music Composers: Yasuaki Shimizu, Johan Carøe, Kwamie Liv
Festivals
Warsaw Film Festival – International Competition
IFFI Goa – World Panorama
Osaka Asian Film Festival – Closing Film
Sofia International Film Festival – International Competition
Oostende Film Festival- Avant- Premiere
Atlàntida Film Fest Filmin- Fábulas generacionales y sus realidades
Braunschweig International Film Festival- Main Competition
Joburg Film Festival
Director's bio & filmo
Daniel Dencik (born 1972) is a Danish writer and film director. He has published eight books in Danish, ranging from poetry to short stories and essays as well as two novels.
As of 2012, he has also been directing films, most notably the documentary Expedition to the end of the World. In 2012 he received The Reel Talent Award at CPH:DOX. His portrait of the painter Tal R entitled Tal R: The Virgin won a Danish Academy Award 2014 for best short documentary.
2015 marked his debut in narrative films with the historical drama, Gold Coast. The film revolves around the Europe’s colonial past in West Africa. It was shot on locations in Ghana and Burkina Faso and stars Jakob Oftebro and Danica Curcic. The soundtrack is composed by Angelo Badalamenti. It was a Danish-Ghanaian co-production with a budget of €2 million. Gold Coast had its international premiere at the 2015 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
He has received the biggest talent award in Danish film, the prestigious Nordisk Film Award, in 2014.
Miss Osaka is his second feature film shot in Norway and Japan, and it is the first Danish-Japanese coproduction film.
