Takahiro Miki

29.08.1974, Tokushima, Japan

Director of feature and TV films and musical videos. He made his debut in 2010 with the musical drama Soranin (Solanin), and afterwards directed several romantic comedies, mostly for teenagers such Kanseitou (Control Tower, 2011), Bokura ga ita: Zenpen (We Were There: First Love, 2012), Hidamari no kanojo (The Girl in the Sun, 2013), Hotto rôdo (Hot Road, 2014), Aoharaido (Blue Spring Ride, 2014), Kuchibiru ni uta wo (Have a song on your lips, 2015), Aozora êru (Yell for the Blue Sky, 2016), Boku wa asu, kinou no kimi to dêto suru (Tomorrow I Will Date with Yesterday's You, 2016). Currently he is working on the post-production of his romantic drama Sensei! (2017).

Filmography

Films by this director

Have a song on your lips

(Kuchibiru ni uta wo, Japan, 2015)

Directed by: Takahiro Miki

PHOTOGRAPHY: Koichi Nakayama

Synopsis:

Yuri Kashiwaga is a talented musician who leaves Tokyo and returns to her hometown on the Goto islands. Her friend and a teacher in the local school goes on maternity leave and Yuri substitutes for her. She is also in charge of the school choir, which is preparing for a competition. Yuri gives her students a task to write a letter to themselves as if they were 15 years older. Thus, fifteen-year-olds reveal their current secrets and worries to the thirty-year-old versions of themselves.

color, digital, 132 min

See full programe