Kazoku

[Machine Translation] Legendary manga artist Seiki Tsuchida made his debut as a manga artist at the age of 17 and went on to produce his masterpieces "Minnen", "Edit-Oh", and "Kumo desu tokoro", and won the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for "Same Moon Watching". This live-action film adaptation of Tsuchida's unfinished masterpiece "Kazoku" (Family) is a rich depiction of Tsuchida's way of life, which influenced many manga artists, including Taiyo Matsumoto. The film is written and directed by Kazuhiro Sawadaishi, costume designer for "13 Assassins" and "Rurouni Kenshin" and character designer for the popular commercial series "au Santaro". He has held solo exhibitions as a photographer not only in Japan but also in China, and makes his directorial debut with a cast that includes Ryo Yoshizawa, Masatoshi Nagase, Shun Oguri, and Shinnosuke Abe (in order of appearance). --After the disappearance of his father, Mako and his mother leave the town they have grown accustomed to and head for a new town. Kenji lives a secret life with his common-law wife, Haruka, who has a secret of her own. Takeo, a widowed father raising two children by himself, takes his children for a drive to the beach. Yuichi returns to his parents' house for the first time in a long while, and is led into the woods by a woman who calls his name. --This is a lyrical poem that quietly depicts the complex intertwining of four families of four men and their journey from loss to rebirth.

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17歳で漫画家デビュー、代表作『未成年』『編集王』『雲出づるところ』を送りだし『同じ月を見ている』では平成11年度文化庁メディア芸術祭優秀賞を受賞、人気作家としてのキャリアを積み重ねていた2012年、突然この世を去った伝説の漫画家・土田世紀。 松本大洋を初め多くの漫画家が影響をうけた土田の生きざまを色濃く描く未完の絶筆作品『かぞく』を実写映画化。脚本・監督を務めるのは、映画『十三人の刺客』『るろうに剣心』の衣装デザイナーで人気CM『au 三太郎』シリーズではキャラクターデザインも手掛ける澤田石和寛。写真家として日本のみならず中国でも個展を行うなど活躍してきた澤寛として、吉沢亮、永瀬正敏、小栗旬、阿部進之介(登場順)らをキャストにむかえ、満を持しての監督デビューを果たす。――父が失踪したマコトは、母と二人、住み慣れた街を離れて新しい街へと向かう。内縁の妻と密やかに生活を送るケンジ、その妻ハルカはある秘密を抱えていた。妻を亡くし、父1人で2人の子供を育てるタケオは、子供たちと海へドライブに出かけた。久しぶりに実家へ帰ってきたユウイチは、自分の名を呼ぶ女性に森の中へといざなわれていく。――これは4人の男の4つの家族が複雑に絡み合い、喪失から再生へと向かう様を、静かに描く叙情詩。