Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Overview

Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 18, 2023

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

AMUSE,Nagoya Broadcasting Network,Happinet Phantom Studios,THEFOOL,Heisei Project,Ceremony,The To-o Nippo Press,Asahi Broadcasting Aomori

Cast

Toshiya Miyata,Yoneko Matsukane,Kaoru Kobayashi,Mayu Hotta,Ryota Bando,Reiko Kataoka,Yoshi Sakō

Director

Keiko Tsuruoka

Writer

高森美由紀,Kensaku Kojima,Keiko Tsuruoka

Producer

Manabu Yamauchi,Tatsuya Matsuoka,Koichiro Fukushima,Yuhiro Matsuoka,Hitoshi Endo

Music

Hiroki Nakano

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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