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Homesick

Homesick

2018Short⏱️ 27m
Short
7.7
IMDB Rating
61 votes

Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Murai braves danger and wanders through the no-go zone in order to spend time with Jun, his eight-year-old son.

Director
Koya Kamura
Writers
N/A
Stars
Shota Ikoma, Tasuku Nagaoka, Yuki Sakurai
Language
Japanese
Country
France
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Shota Ikoma
as Jun
Tasuku Nagaoka
Tasuku Nagaoka
as Murai
Yuki Sakurai
Yuki Sakurai
as Mme Kimura
👤
Tomoko Hase
as Tanaka

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Offshore, Toboggan

🎯 Categories

JapaneseShort

⭐ Featured Review

in no - go zone of Fukushima
by Kirpianuscus2024-05-01

"A touching story about generosity, a man and his son, a sand turtle and paper lamp, about two worlds and about loneliness. Difficult too much by seeing Homesick , I recalled scenes from Perfect Days by Wim Wenders. Not only about Japanese life style but about precios things, out of any definition, like the love between a man and his son, like the recuperate stuffs from an interdict area for neighbors, like the dialogue with a young woman and the affected health who represents not obstacle for do what he must do. I love very much Homesick and I appreciate the admirable performance of Shota Ik..."

📖 Synopsis

Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Murai braves danger and wanders through the no-go zone in order to spend time with Jun, his eight-year-old son.