Canary

Kanaria, feature film, 2004

DIRECTED BY: Akihiko Shiota

Canary

CAST:
Hoshi Ishida (Koichi Iwase),
Mitsuki Tanimura (Yuki Niina),
Hidetoshi Nishijima (Akira Izawa),
Miyako Koda (Michiko Iwase,
Koichijeva majka)

SCRIPT:
Akihiko Shiota

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yutaka Yamazaki

Synopsis:
The story is inspired by the actual event of a sarine attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995 and depicts the consequences on children of the members of the cult who carried out the attack. Twelve-year-old Koichi was abandoned by his mother, a member of the cult who is currently on the run. He is separated from his sister, who lives with their grandmother, and placed in foster care. He is determined to find his sister and goes to Tokyo.

35mm, color, 132 min