MY FRIEND “A”

YUZAI

By Takahisa ZEZE

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2017

An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back in middle school. Trying to get back his old job, Masuda secretly starts to write a piece on Suzuki while befriending

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2018
Official Selection - Out of Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 129 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Takahisa ZEZE
    • Synopsis
    • An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back in middle school. Trying to get back his old job, Masuda secretly starts to write a piece on Suzuki while befriending him. The more he learns about his colleague, however, the more Masuda remembers his younger self, a boy who triggered his classmate’s suicide.
      Interweaving stories of people haunted by past incidents, Director Zeze powerfully portraits the atonement and embracement of life.