CLOSE-KNIT

KARERA GA HONKI DE AMU TOKI WA

By Naoko OGIGAMI

NORSK FILMKLUBBFORBUND (NORWEGIAN FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES) - as DISTR NORWAY, Non-theatrical

Drama - Completed 2017

She was born as "He". We all can be different.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2017
Panorama
Busan IFF 2017
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama, LGBT
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 127 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Naoko OGIGAMI
    • Synopsis
    • One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio's place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has lived with Rinko, a pretty girlfriend. Actually, Rinko is a transwoman. She works as a caregiver in a nursing home where Makio's mother Sayuri who suffers from dementia is living. Rinko makes a delicious meal and sometimes cuddles Tomo. She is a little confused, but Tomo, Rinko and Makio start to live a life together.

      One day Rinko teaches Tomo to knit to control her temper. Rinko was also taught by her mother at the age of puberty when she struggled with her sexuality.
      A daughter neglected by her mother. A gentle uncle and his transgender lover. An angsty boy who recognizes a sense of himself as a gay… A warm "knitting" reorganizes unconventional family.