Eisuke NAITO 内藤瑛亮
Replay: Forgiven Children
Nippon Visions ½
While fooling around with a self-made crossbow, Kira accidentally kills his classmate Itsuki. For lack of evidence, the young student is found innocent. However, his trial is widely covered by the mass media, and the following uproar from society won’t leave his family untouched. Based on the question “How would I react to my child commiting a crime?”, Eisuke NAITO repeatedly switches angles from youth to parenthood, creating a bleak and compelling drama that blurs the borders between perpetrator and victim.
Mon.,
March 01,
2021
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Wed.,
March 31,
2021
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Original with English subtitles
Territories: Germany
許された子どもたち
Yurusareta kodomotachi
Japan 2020
131 minutes
Director
Eisuke NAITO
Script
Eisuke NAITO, Tetsuo YAMAGATA
Cinematography
Moritada IJU
Music
Hisashi ARITA
Production
Naito-gumi
World sales
L’espace Film
Cast
Yu UEMURA, Yoshi KUROIWA, Yukino NAGURA, Takuya ABE, Akana IKEDA
About Eisuke NAITO
内藤瑛亮
Eisuke NAITO, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1982, graduated from the Film School of Tokyo and subsequently began directing independent movies while working as a teacher at a special education school. His short film THE PRINCE OF MILK (2008) was invited to Nippon Connection in 2010 and also to many other international film festivals. LET’S-MAKE-THE-TEACHER-HAVE-A-MISCARRIAGE CLUB (2011 / NC ’11), NAITOs feature length debut, sparked controversy, not only due to its title. Recently, with LITCHI HIKARI CLUB (2016) and LIVERLEAF (2018), he also directed manga adaptations.