Fourteen
Ju-yon-sai, feature film, 2007.
DIRECTED BY: Hiromasa Hirosue
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