RETAKE

RITEIKU

By Kota NAKANO

PFF - PIA FILM FESTIVAL - as SALES All rights, World / FEST

Fantasy - Completed 2023

A female student decides on a whim to make a movie over her high school’s summer break, enlisting the help of four old and new friends.

Festivals
& Awards

Turino 2023
New Worlds
Beijing IFF 2024
Panorama, Dimension
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Fantasy, Art - Culture, Romance
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kota NAKANO
    • Synopsis
    • High schooler Kei takes photos as a hobby. He treasures some covertly snapped images of a girl in his school named Yu (his crush unbeknownst to her). One day, Yu catches Kei sneaking a picture of her from a local bridge. She suddenly declares she wants to direct a movie and asks him to be her cameraman and to find her a lead actor. Kei calls up his old buddy Jiro, who has drawing skills, and he’s immediately cast as a painter. Yu’s classmate Umi will assist the production and act alongside Jiro as a couple who journey to a land where time has stopped. The team realizes their sound is lacking and secretly borrow a proper mic from the broadcast club. Kei impulsively hires Yu’s ex-bandmate Arisa to record. As the quintet shoot each scene, their personal feelings and histories are revealed, particularly during the “retakes”...