Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 7:21pm on Friday, September 18, 2009
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
A trailer is finally out for Masahiro Kobayashi‘s “Where Are You?”, which premiered earlier this summer at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Kobayashi’s son, Yuto Kobayashi, stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself on his meager earnings, he has to resort to sneaking money from the cash register and stealing rice balls to get by—a habit which eventually gets him fired. Just when it seems things can’t get any worse, his mother dies and he’s stuck with a hefty bill for the hospital and funeral expenses. Obviously unable to pay, but determined to send his mother off himself, Ryo steals her corpse and places it in a small rowboat. After the makeshift funeral ceremony, Ryo heads off to Tokyo on a journey to meet his absentee father.
Distributor T-Joy will be releasing “Where Are You?” at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya on November 14, 2009 and Shinjuku Wald9 on November 28th.
Source: Official website (Thanks logboy)
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