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FUZJKO HEMMING: A SOULFUL PIANIST IN LOVE

KOISURU PIANIST FUZJKO HEMMING

By Soichiro KOMATSU

TOEI VIDEO COMPANY, LTD. - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World / PROD

Documentary - Completed 2024

The late-bloomer pianist, Fuzjko Hemming whose brilliant debut in her late 60s gathered the huge public’s attention. She keeps on continuing to pursue her own style despite lots of hardship such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- JAPAN
- Languages
- JAPANESE
- Duration
- 119 mn
- Director(s)
- Soichiro KOMATSU
- Cast
- Fuzjko HEMMING
- Producer(s)
- Eiji OMURA (WOWOW Entertainment), Gen SATO (TOEI VIDEO COMPANY, LTD.)
- Synopsis
- Fuzjko Hemming, a pianist, is loved around the world and has touched people's hearts.
  
  Her life is colored by “love,” and the tones she plays continues its journey.
  When she was a child, getting into bed, she heard her mother playing Chopin's Nocturne.
  Fascinated by this music and experiencing piano, Fuzjko's journey has got started.
  Through a strange fate, it was not until her late 60s that she gathered the public's attention. Despite the many hardships that came her way, Fuzjko has never stopped playing the piano.
  Even at the age of over 90, she has continued to perform energetically all over the world. All of her concerts were sold out. Although many concerts were still scheduled in 2024, Fuzjko has suddenly passed away in April.
  
  Everyday life in Santa Monica, Paris, and Tokyo.
  The driving force behind her performances was her belief in herself and the animals, who were just like her family. It was her beloved universe to have home in each country, to be surrounded by her beloved cats and dogs, and to play the piano every day.
  It has been 6 years since the film “Fuzjko Hemming: A Pianist of Silence & Solitude” became a remarkably long-run hit in 2018.
  This film is a documentary that follows Fuzjko's four-year journey from 2020 along with her performances.
  The reunion with the piano left behind in Okayama, where she spent during the world war, memories of her father and little brother, life during the COVID-19 pandemic and playing the piano to pray, the dramatic performance in Yokohama, and her secret love stories... Fuzjko had lived her life in her own way at all times.
  
  Fuzjko's last concert in her beloved Paris.
  In March 2023, at Le théâtre au conservatoire in Paris, France, Fuzjko performed La Campanella, Etude No. 3, Clair de Lune, Pavane pour une infante défunte, and many other masterpieces. When asked “What do you want your last concert to be like,” Fuzjko said she wanted the concert to be like the one in Paris.
  You cannot help but shed tears to see her soulful performances that had accompanied Fuzjko’s life in her precious places, where her past and memories intersected.