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Living in the Sky

A Window on Asian Cinema

Family · Urbanization · Love/Romance · Coming of Age · Women  

  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year2020
  • Running Time118min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
After losing her parents in an accident, Naomi, an editor at a small publishing house, moves into a luxury apartment thanks to her uncle. She starts a new life with her cat Haru in a home overlooking Tokyo. One day, she runs into Morinori Tokito, a famous actor. From Morinori who lives as an “image” on billboards to Naomi who lives on the 39th floor with her unpacked possessions and Asuko, Naomi’s aunt and a former flight attendant, the characters in Living in the Sky share the experience of living ungrounded. The film contains similar and contrasting metaphors of: publishing and meaning, high rises and one-story buildings, death and birth, acting and reality, and lies and truth. (CHOI Eun)
Director
Director
AOYAMA Shinji
Born in Fukuoka, Aoyama Shinji is a film and stage director and screenwriter. He made his feature debut with Helpless (1996) and won the FIPRESCI Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka (2000). His film Desert Moon (2001) was invited to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, and Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2002) was invited to the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section. In 2001, he novelized his own film Eureka, which earn him the Mishima Yukio Prize. Eli Eli, Lema Sabachthani? (2005) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, and Crickets (2006) and Sad Vacation (2007) were presented in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival. His films Tokyo Park (2011) and Backwater (2013) won the Golden Leopard and the Boccalino Award, respectively, at the Locarno Film Festival.
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Credit
  • Director AOYAMA Shinji 아오야마 신지
  • Producer Tetsuo INOUE, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Cast Mikako TABE, Yukino KISHII, Rie MIMURA, Takanori IWATA, Shingo TSURUMI, Nao OMORI, Masatoshi NAGASE, Akira EMOTO
  • Cinematography Mio NAKAJIMA
  • Production Design Tsuyoshi SHIMIZU
  • Editor Genta TAMAKI
  • Sound Nobuyuki KIKUCHI
  • Music Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA
  • Production Company KAZUMO co.,Ltd
    Japan
    Grand chariot YOYOGI-Koen106, 1-37-14, TOMIGAYA, Shibuya-ku, TOKYO,151-0063
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