Fourteen

Ju-yon-sai, feature film, 2007.

DIRECTED BY: Hiromasa Hirosue

Fourteen

CAST:
Akie Namiki (Fukatsu Ryo),
Hiromasa Hirosue (Sugino),
Kaori Fujii,
Teruyuki Kagawa,
Hiroshi Sakuma

SCRIPT:
Izumi Takahashi

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hashimoto Kiyoaki

Synopsis:
Ryo is a young teacher who, unlike her colleagues, does not take an authoritative attitude with her students. While her students are trying to find self-confidence, security, and their own path in life, she has to face problems from her own adolescence. She meets Sugino, her former classmate tormented by a similar problem. Through communication and relationship with the younger generation, they both face their own past and unresolved issues.

color, 35 mm, 114 min