Winner
Cannes Film Festival
Directors Fortnight - FIPRESCI Prize (2024)
AsianWomenDirectorsPublic Beta
Desert of Namibia
ナミビアの砂漠 (Namibia no Sabaku)
Directed by Yoko Yamanaka (山中瑶子)
2024•137 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Coming of Age
- Mood
- Unfiltered
- Language
- Japanese
- Featured in
- Growing Up
Synopsis
A young, temperamental Tokyo beautician struggles to navigate her relationships with lovers, friends, and family.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Winner
TAMA Film Awards
Best Actress (2024)
Winner
TAMA Film Awards
Best New Director (2024)
Footnote
- First
Youngest woman ever to win the FIPRESCI Prize — in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, at age 27
Main Cast
Yuumi KawaiKana
Daichi KanekoHayashi
KanichiroHonda
Yuzumi ShintaniIchika
Ayumu NakajimaTakaaki Azuma
Erika KarataHikari Toyama
Ayaka ShibutaniYori Hayama
Asami ShibuyaAkane Yoshida
