Capturing Dad
Japan
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2012
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Color
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74 min
This directory compiles the glossaries from all editions of Cines del Sur: eleven already held and the twelfth currently underway. It serves as a living memory of the festival, its films, guests, sections, and spaces for reflection on the cinemas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world. Here you can trace the evolution of its programming, rediscover filmmakers, and follow the thematic threads that have defined Cines del Sur's identity as a meeting point for cultures, perspectives, and ways of understanding cinema from the Global South.
Sawa is a divorced mother of two teenage daughters, complex and tormented by their anguish. Sawa sends them on a trip to the countryside to capture on video the face of their estranged father, whom they barely remember and who is now dying of cancer. It has been a long time since he remarried and now has a new family they have never met. What began as a kind of mini-adventure soon turns into a journey of self-discovery, reconciliation, growth, and love.
Technical Details
Direction:
Ryota Nakano
Cinematography:
Shingo Hirano
Music:
Takashi Watanabe
Language:
Japanese
Production:
Noriyasu Hirakata
Art Direction:
Yasuo Kurosu
Sound:
Mikisuke Shimazu
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Ryota Nakano
Editing:
Ryota Nakano
Cast:
Makiko Watanabe (Sawa Higashimura), Erisa Yanagi (HazukiHigashimura), Nanoka Matsubara (KoharuHigashimura), Kenichi Takito (TetsujiNishimori), Satoshi Nikaido (MasatakaNishimori), Kaito Kobayashi (ChihiroNishimori), Yuki Imamura (MiyakoNishimori), Akiko Hoshino (TaeNishimori)
Director
Ryota Nakano
Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1973. He moved to Tokyo after graduating from university and studied film at the Japan Academy of Moving Images for three years. Since then, he has directed several short films that have garnered various awards, including The Sparkling Amber, produced in collaboration with New Horizons of Japanese Cinema, an initiative born from filmmakers themselves and funded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. His cinematic interest focuses on family, and his films portray this theme with a unique sensibility. His feature film debut, Capturing Dad, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and has won several awards for its cast, including Best Supporting Actress for Makiko Watanabe at the Asian Film Awards in 2013.
