Beyond the Crimson Sky

Akanezora, feature film, drama, Japan, 2007

DIRECTED BY: Masaki Hamamoto

Beyond the Crimson Sky

CAST:
Seiyô Uchino (Eikichi / Denzo),
Miki Nakatani (Ofumi),
Renji Ishibashhi (Seibei),
Shima Iwashita (Oshino)

SCRIPT:
Masaki Hamamoto,
Masahiro Shinoda (based on the novel by Ichiriki Yamamoto)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Tatsuo Suzuki

Synopsis:

This is a historical drama about a family that produces tofu. Young Eikichi mastered the art of making tofu in Kyo and arrives to Edo. There he opens a shop and marries a good-natured local girl Ofumi. In time their family grows bigger and his business more successful. Nevertheless, his oldest son seems disinterested in continuing the family business. When he develops a gambling problem, everything that Eikichi and Ofumi created is suddenly in grave danger. The solution to this situation seems to be uncertain.  

color, 120 min