Yukihiko Tsutsumi following up SPEC movie with “My House”

Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi will be following up the high-profile release of “SPEC: The Movie” with a far more subdued black and white film called “My House” that’s been 5 years in the making. Details were first announced in late January and the poster art was revealed earlier today.

Back in 2007, Tsutsumi read a magazine article about the work a man named Kyohei Sakaguchi was doing to challenge the established idea of what a home should be and the negative stereotypes of homeless living. Two of Sakaguchi’s books on the subject, “TOKYO 0 Yen House 0 Yen Seikatsu” and “Sumida-gawa no Edison”, are the inspiration for this project as well as the distinct departure from Tsutsumi’s past directorial style.

The film is set in Nagoya, Tsutsumi’s own home city, and will star Nagoya-based singer-songwriter Takao Ito as a homeless man named Suzumoto. Eri Ishida, Itsuji Itao, and Tae Kimura will also appear.

The theme of “My House” questions the freedom people have in the modern world and what it actually means to be happy within those societal constraints. The poster drives this idea home with a tagline referencing the comfortable destruction of your “happiness”.

A theatrical release is set for May 26, 2012 at Shinjuku Wald 9 with a nation-wide release to follow.

Source: Cinema Today

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