Honshin

[Machine Translation] Can AI reproduce the human mind? Yuya Ishii, one of the most gifted directors in the world of Japanese cinema, sharply depicts the merits and demerits of our ever-advancing digital society. The film depicts a young man lost in an evolving age, as he tries to learn the "true feelings" of his mother who wished to die a "free death" in the near future, which is connected to the present. Based on the masterpiece full-length novel "Honshin" by Keiichiro Hirano, the author of "A Certain Man," which was also made into a film. The film stars Sousuke Ikematsu, an actor who has been expanding his field of activity in recent years. Sakuya Ishikawa, a young man who has been left behind by the times, is portrayed in an unstable performance that dares to be ungrounded. Sakuya's mother, Akiko, is played by Yuko Tanaka, an actor who has appeared in many classic films, and she takes on the unknown dual role of a living person and a VF (virtual figure), displaying an overwhelming presence. Ayaka Miyoshi, who has grown remarkably as an actor, plays Miyoshi, a key person who knows Akiko's true face and a mysterious woman with scars from her past. In addition, an all-star cast of leading Japanese filmmakers in both name and reality, including Koji Mizukami, Taiga Nakano, Min Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ayano, and Satoshi Tsumabuki, have assembled. The boundary between the real and virtual worlds has collapsed, and convenience continues to evolve at an extraordinary rate. The mother, Akiko (Yuko Tanaka), who passed away suddenly after saying, "I have something important to tell you," had actually chosen to die a "free death. Why did my mother, who seemed so happy, want to die by herself? Sakuya (Sousuke Ikematsu), who desperately wants to know his mother's true feelings, ventures into the unknown realm of technology. VF (Virtual Figure) is a technology that creates a "human being" in a virtual space by collecting personal data from the mother's life into an AI. The developer, Mr. Nozaki (Satoshi Tsumabuki), says, "We can make your mother even better than the real thing," but he contacts Miyoshi (Ayaka Miyoshi), a woman who used to be her mother's best friend, to collect data for the VF production. Sakuya is able to see his mother whenever he puts on the VF goggles, and he begins to get back to his ordinary life with Miyoshi, with whom he has come to live by chance.

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AIは、人の心を再現できるのか――。世界に誇る日本映画界屈指の鬼才・石井裕也監督が、技術が発展し続けるデジタル化社会の功罪を鋭く描写。今と地続きにある近い将来、"自由死"を望んだ母の"本心"を知ろうとしたことから、進化する時代に迷う青年を映し出す。原作は、映画化も話題となった「ある男」の平野啓一郎による傑作長編小説「本心」。主演には、近年ますます活動領域を拡張している俳優・池松壮亮。時代に置き去りにされた青年・石川朔也を、あえて地に足の着かない不安定な演技で見事に体現。朔也の母・秋子役には数多くの名作映画に出演してきた俳優・田中裕子が扮し、生身/VF (ヴァーチャル・フィギュア)という未知の"2役"に挑み、圧倒的な存在感を見せつける。そして、俳優として成長著しい三吉彩花が、秋子の素顔を知るキーパーソンであり、過去の傷を抱えるミステリアスな女性・三好を好演。さらに、水上恒司、仲野太賀、田中泯、綾野剛、妻夫木聡といった名実ともに日本映画界を牽引するオールスターキャストが集結。リアルとヴァーチャルの境界が崩れ、利便性が異常進化し続ける今、時代の変化に彷徨う人間の《心》と《本質》を描いた革新的なヒューマンミステリーが誕生した。──「大事な話があるの」──そう言い残して急逝した母・秋子 (田中裕子)が、実は"自由死"を選んでいた。幸せそうに見えた母が、なぜ自ら死を望んでいたのか・・・。どうしても母の本心が知りたい朔也 (池松壮亮)は、テクノロジーの未知の領域に足を踏み入れる。生前のパーソナルデータをAIに集約させ、仮想空間上に"人間"を作る技術VF (ヴァーチャル・フィギュア)。開発者の野崎 (妻夫木聡)が告げた「本物以上のお母様を作れます」という言葉に一抹の不安を覚えつつ、VF制作に伴うデータ収集のため母の親友だったという女性・三好 (三吉彩花)に接触。そうして"母"は完成、朔也はVFゴーグルを装着すればいつでも会える母親、そしてひょんなことから同居することになった三好と、他愛もない日常を取り戻していくが、VFは徐々に"知らない母の一面"をさらけ出していく・・・。

映像特典: 予告編