Yume no Mani Mani

[Machine Translation] Feature film directorial debut of 90-year-old newcomer Takeo Kimura! With an eye on the war that became Takeo Kimura's defining experience, the film symbolically expresses old and young, men and women, life and death, with dazzling visual beauty. The main character, Hajime Kimuro, is played by the great Hiroyuki Nagato. His wife, Emiko Kimuro, is played by Ineko Arima, who makes her first film appearance in seven years. Yoshio Inoue, the prince of the musical world, plays Daisuke Murakami, a student who interacts with Hajime Kimuro. Rie Miyazawa, one of Japan's top actresses, plays the key female character. The cast also includes Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Uehara, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Momoi, and many others with rich and fascinating personalities! Hajime Kimuro ( Hiroyuki Nagato ) has been appointed as the dean of NK Academy, which specializes in film. One student, Daisuke Murakami ( Yoshio Inoue ), is on his mind. Daisuke is frustrated by the absurdity of the deaths of so many young people like himself during the war 60 years ago, and he expresses his feelings to Kimuro, who lived through the war. Kimuro's wife, Emiko (Ineko Arima), also lost someone she cared about 60 years ago, and she is still stuck in the feeling that she has survived. Kimuro, too, was still burdened with the past and was about to die of old age. However, Daisuke had a psychotic break, and in a letter exchanged with Kimuro after he dropped out of the institute, Daisuke hinted at suicide. Kimuro tries his best to dissuade Daisuke from committing suicide. Meanwhile, Kimuro and his wife are undergoing some changes...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: press conference footage, trailer

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90歳の新人監督・木村威夫の長編監督デビュー作! 木村威夫の決定的体験となった戦争を見据えながら、老いと若さ、男と女、生と死を、象徴的にめくるめく映像美で表現。主人公 木室創役に大御所・長門裕之。その妻・木室エミ子役に7年ぶりに映画出演を果たした有馬稲子。そして、木室創と交流する学生・村上大輔役にミュージカル界のプリンスこと井上芳雄。物語のキーとなる女性に日本を代表するトップ女優・宮沢りえ。その他にも永瀬正敏、上原多香子、浅野忠信、桃井かおりなど、個性豊かで魅力的なキャストが集結!! 木室創 (長門裕之)は、映画を専門とするNK学院の学院長に就任した。その中で、一人の学生・村上大輔 (井上芳雄)が何かと気に掛かる。大輔は、60年前の戦時中に自分達のような若者がたくさん死んでいったことの不条理さに苛立ちを感じ、戦時中を生きた木室にその思いをぶつけていた。また、木室の妻・エミ子 (有馬稲子)も、60年前に大切な人を亡くし、生き残ってしまったという思いから未だに抜け出せずにいた。木室もまた、過去を背負ったまま、老いて死を迎えようとしていた。しかし、大輔が精神病を患い、学院を中退後に木室と交わした手紙の中で、大輔が自殺をほのめかす。何とか思いとどまらせようと木室は手を尽くすが・・・。そうこうしている折、木室夫婦にもある変化が訪れていた・・・。

初日舞台挨拶、予告編