¡Sekai no Okiku (Okiku and the World)
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] Okiku, 22 years old. He lost his voice, but he fell in love. I have words I want to say to him. So today, I will walk everywhere to meet him. A lovely coming-of-age story was born, depicting a group of young people who, despite the harsh and painful reality, do not give up on communicating with each other. The 30th film directed by Junji Sakamoto, a longtime leader in the Japanese film industry, is the first period piece with an original screenplay. The main character, Okiku, is a young woman who has been starring in "Small House", "Living with Mother" (2015), and "The Asada Family! (2020), for which she has won three Japan Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She co-stars with Kanichiro and Sousuke Ikematsu. The film also features an exquisite ensemble of veteran actors including Koichi Sato, Kurarito Maki, and Renji Ishibashi. --The story takes place at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867). One rainy day, Okiku, who teaches children to read and write at a terakoya, meets Nakatsugu, a paper scrapper, and Ya-ryo, a shoddy buyer, who were sheltering from the rain under the awning of the washroom. Okiku, who grew up in a samurai family but now lives a simple life in a poor tenement house, and Nakatsugu and Yaryo, who work at the lowest level, buying and selling used paper and manure. The three live their lives in despair and hardship, and eventually find a way to connect with each other, but in a tragic incident, Okiku's throat is slit and she loses her voice. Okiku, who has closed her heart, Nakatsugu, who has a faint crush on Okiku, and Ya Ryo, who laughs at the harshness of the world, all three run through their youth together and come into contact with the brightness of the endless world.
Original Release Year: 2023
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