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Mitsuko Delivers

A Window on Asian Cinema

Women · Psychology · Social Criticism

  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year2011
  • Running Time109min
  • FormatHD
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Highly independent with a strong, unique character is the ideal of womanhood that Yuya Ishii prefers to portray. In [Mitsuko Delivers], Mitsuko, possessed of a truly singular personality, embodies this image of the ideal woman. Pregnant and closing in on her due date, Mitsuko returns to Kiyo, the landlady of a housing complex she lived in 15 years earlier. There she volunteers to be problem-solver for Yoichi and Jiro, who run a restaurant while taking care of the sick Kiyo. Despite the poverty that surrounds them, the characters allude to the wisdom of being ′cool′, the true nature of which is humane indeed: sharing warm-hearted affection with neighbors and helping each other. Heavy with child, Mitsuko drives to the town where Jiro’s crush lives in order to help his romantic notions along. The place Mitsuko and her entourage end up in is none other than Fukushima. With the help of people around her, she gives birth to her baby there, a very happy yet thought-provoking ending to the grand encountersthe unfolded during the journey. (KIM Ji-seok)
Director
Director
ISHII Yuya
Ishii Yuya is a graduate of the Osaka University of Arts and also holds a Master’s Degree from the Nihon University of Art’s graduate school image arts department. His first feature, [Bare-assed Japan] (2005) won the Grand Prize and Best Music from PIA International Film Festival. His filmography includes [Rebel, Jiro’s Love] (2006), [Girl Sparks] (2007), [Of Monster Mode] (2007), [Sawako Decides] (2010), [To Walk beside You] (2010), and [Man with Style] (2011).
Credit
  • Director
    ISHII Yuya
  • ProducerKOGURE Hiroshi
    SONE Sachiko
    SHIBAHARA Yuichi
  • CastNAKA Riisa
    NAKAMURA Aoi
    ISHIBASHI Ryo
    SAITO Keiko
    INAGAWA Miyoko
  • ScreenplayISHII Yuya
  • CinematographyOKIMURA Yukihiro
  • Production DesignMARUO Tomoyuki
  • EditorSAGARA Naoichiro
  • SoundKATO Hirokazu
  • MusicWATANABE Takashi
  • World SalesPONY CANYON INC.
    sakoda@ponycanyon.co.jp
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