Synopse
With the portrait of a young woman in Tokyo, which oscillates between intoxication and perplexity, director Yôko Yamanaka paints a precise and revealing picture of an entire generation. 21-year-old Kana lives with her docile boyfriend Honda, works in a beauty salon and lets herself drift through her life without a plan or passion. When she meets the self-confident Hayashi, something finally seems to be moving, and she plunges into an affair. But soon she is confronted with the troubles of the levels again, and the tensions in the new relationship continue to come to a head.
Regie
YÔKO YAMANAKA (*1997 in Japan) was the youngest director of all time with her debut Amiko (2017) at the Berlinale Her new film Desert of Namibia celebrated its world premiere in Cannes in the Quinzaine des Cinéastes section.
Info
Original Title: Namibia no Sabaku
International Title: Desert of Namibia
Category: Feature
Section: Asiascope
Version & Subtitles: Japanese OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Yôko Yamanaka
Cast/Protagonists: Yuumi Kawai, Daichi Kaneko, Kanichiro, Yuzumi Shintani, Ayumu Nakajima, Erika Karata, Ayaka Shibutani, Keisuke Horibe, Makiko Watanabe
Production country: Japan
Year of Production: 2024
Length: 137 min
Producer: Yoshiko Nomura, Keisuke Konishi, Shinji Ogawa, Masafumi Yamada, Tokushi Suzuki
Production company: Happinet Phantom Studios
Cinematography: Shin Yonekura
Sound: Tomohiro Kobata
Editor: Banri Nagase
Music: Takuma Watanabe
Production Design: Ran Kobayashi
Costume Design: Eri Takayama
World Sales: Happinet Phantom Studios
