FILM TITLE

Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai/ Evil Does Not Exist

18+

12th March 2024 | 04:00 PM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
Japan
Genre

Drama

Language
Japanese
Duration
106 mins
Director

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Festival And Awards

Venice Film Festival 2023 - Grand Jury Prize;  BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Best Film ; 28th Busan International Film Festival 

Synopsis

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house; offering city residents a comfortable ‘escape’ to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency’s mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the nature plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that affects Takumi’s life.

  • Cast

    Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura

  • Producer

    Satoshi Takata

  • Screenplay

    Ryusuke Hamaguchi

  • Cinematography

    Yoshio Kitagawa

  • Editing

    Ryusuke Hamaguchi / Azusa Yamazaki

  • Sound

    Izumi Matsuno

  • Music

    Eiko Ishibashi