Synopsis
Accompanied by his friend Miyata, Sano returns to Izu, a seaside resort in Japan where five years before he fell in love with his wife Nagi.
Filmmaker
Kōhei Igarashi
He began making films at the age of 18, when he entered Tokyo’s Zokei University. He studied under Nobuhiro Suwa. In 2008, his first feature film Voice of Rain That Comes at Night was awarded at the Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival. In 2011, he directed the short film Apartness. He also directed the short films Marchen and House of Tofu. In 2014, his graduation film Hold Your Breath Like a Lover was selected for the 67th Locarno Film Festival. In 2017, he co-directed The Night I Swam with Damien Manivel. The film premiered at the Venice and San Sebastian film festivals.
Filmography: Super Happy Forever (2024, D'A 2025), Two of Us (short film, 2023), The Night I Swam (co-directed, 2017), Hold Your Breath Like a Lover (2014), House of Tofu (short film, 2013), Marchen (short film, 2012), Apartness (short film, 2011), Voice of Rain That Comes at Night (2008)
Awards and festivals
Golden Puffin for Best Film
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