Trailer - Wandering Home (Yoi ga Sametara, Uchi ni Kaero)

Earlier this month, Bitters End released the trailer for Yoichi Higashi’s upcoming film adaptation of Yutaka Kamoshida’s best-selling autobiographical novel Yoi ga Sametara, Uchi ni Kaero (When I sober up, I’ll come home) via their YouTube channel and the film’s official website.

Kamoshida was a journalist and former war photographer who was married to cartoonist Rieko Saibara. During their marriage, he was an abusive alcoholic, eventually leading to their divorce. However, when Kamoshida was later diagnosed with kidney cancer, Saibara took care of him until his death in March of 2007.

In the film, the names are changed but much of the story is a brutally honest account of Kamoshida and Saibara’s rocky relationship. Tadanobu Asano stars as Yasuyuki Tsukahara, a war-time photographer who marries popular cartoonist Yuki Sonada (Hiromi Nagasaku). The two have children together, but Yasuyuki’s tendency to fly into drunken rages eventually leads to their divorce and Yasuyuki soon finds himself committed to a psychiatric hospital for his alcoholism. He finds the experience oddly calming, and although they’re now divorced, Yuki often visits him to support his recovery. Backed by the love and support of his family, Yasuyuki finally realizes that his real home is back with them.

“Yoi ga Sametara, Uchi ni Kaero” will be released in Japanese theaters this December.

Update: As logboy points out in the comment below, the English title is now “Wandering Home”