Sho MIYAKE 三宅唱
And Your Bird Can Sing
きみの鳥はうたえる
Nippon Cinema ª
A young man spends the summer with his new girlfriend and his roommate, drifting through clubs in Hakodate. While they slowly form a ménage à trois, they realize their unusual bond will not last. Sho MIYAKE’s melancholic generation portrait includes the most atmospheric club scene ever caught on film.
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Outlaws Drama
きみの鳥はうたえる
Kimi no tori wa utaeru
Japan 2018
106 minutes
Director
Sho MIYAKE
Script
Sho MIYAKE based on a novel by Yasushi SATO
Cinematography
Hidetoshi SHINOMIYA
Production
Hakodate Cinema Iris, Pigdom
World sales
Stardust Pictures (SDP)
Cast
Tasuku EMOTO, Shizuka ISHIBASHI, Shota SOMETANI, Masato HAGIWARA, Makiko WATANABE
About Sho MIYAKE
三宅唱
Sho MIYAKE, born in Hokkaido Prefecture in 1984, studied social sciences at Hitotsubashi University and completed an elementary course in fiction at the Film School of Tokyo. His first feature film PLAYBACK was invited to be part of the competition at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival. His documentary THE COCKPIT (2014 / NC ’15) won the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD. His films AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING (2018 / NC ’19), SMALL, SLOW BUT STEADY (2022 / NC ’22), and ALL THE LONG NIGHTS (2024 / NC ’24) were included in the program of the Berlin International Film Festival.