MY SUNSHINE | BOKU NO OHISAMA

JAPAN | 2024 | COLOR | DCP | 100’ | JAPANESE

On an island in Japan, school life follows the seasons’ cycle. The first snowflake means the boys have to swap baseball for hockey, but shy Takuya is more interested in a classmate who claims a career in figure skating. Although lost for words around her, her coach insists on having them practice together. It's impossible to describe the plot without revealing its catalytic twist. It's also impossible to foreshadow verbally how sensual and effortlessly beautiful the film is. In one of this year’s more radiant entries, the director's understated gaze invests in the poetry of everyday life while the charming simplicity of the visual compositions vindicates those who see in him the next Kore-eda.

DIRECTOR: Hiroshi Okuyama
SCREENWRITER: Hiroshi Okuyama
DoP: Hiroshi Okuyama
MUSIC: Humbert Humbert
EDITOR: Hiroshi Okuyama
PRINCIPAL CAST: Keitatsu Koshiyama, Kiara Nakanishi, Sosuke Ikematsu

HIROSHI OKUYAMA
Japanese director, born in 1996. In his debut feature, "Jesus", he performed multiple roles as director, writer, photographer and editor, and was honored in San Sebastian Film Festival. He collaborated with Kore-eda on the latter’s Netflix series "The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House," where he directed episodes.

FILMOGRAPHY
2024 My Sunshine
2018 Jesus