Winner
Cannes Film Festival
Camera dOr (1997)
AsianWomenDirectorsPublic Beta
Suzaku
萌の朱雀
Directed by Naomi Kawase (河瀨直美)
1997•95 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Generations
- Mood
- Lingering
- Language
- Japanese
Synopsis
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Winner
Rotterdam International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize (1997)
Footnote
- First
First Japanese director to win the Camera d'Or — and, at 27, the youngest winner in its history
Main Cast
Jun KunimuraKozo Tahara
Machiko OnoMichiru Tahara
Sayaka YamaguchiYoung MichiruSISachiko IzumiSachiko
KSKotaro ShibataEisuke
YKYasuyo KamimuraYasuyo
KMKazufumi MukohiraYoung Eisuke
