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KURENAZUME

By Daigo MATSUI

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Drama - Completed 2020

The world’s film festivals are on alert with the upcoming latest work by Japanese director Daigo Matsui, known for his Berlin International Film Festival entry, Wonderful World End (’15) and Rotterdam International Film Festival invitee, Japanese Girls Never Die (’16).

Festivals
& Awards

Fantasia International Film Festival 2021
Cheval Noir (Main Competition)
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daigo MATSUI
    • Writer(s)
    • Daigo MATSUI
    • Producer(s)
    • Daisuke WADA (UNITED PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • Six friends from high school reunite after years apart to attend the wedding ceremony of a friend. But one of them, Yoshio, has been deceased for 5 years. Somehow Yoshio can be seen by his old friends. They, however, just nonchalantly let him hang with them not daring to bring up the fact that he is dead. When the ceremony ends, they have to bide their time idly before heading to the after party. That’s when fellow female alum, Mikie, appears, the girl whom Yoshio pined for back in high school. The guys call out to her, and convince Yoshio to finally confess his feelings to her directly. But just like back in high school, she only ends up scolding him. Though rebuffed, Yoshio still doesn’t vanish. “You’re totally still here, Yoshio!” They exclaim. Eventually, memories of the moment they all received word of his death creep in as the gang in tries to keep their time together from ending in this humorously depicted yet touching spring of youth comedy.