Desert of Namibia
Namibia No Sabaku
Director: Yoko Yamanaka
Country: Japan
2024 | 137 min. | Japanese
Subtitles: German, English
FSK | Nicht geprüft / No clearance
Cast_ Yuumi Kawai, Daichi Kaneko, Kanichiro, Yuzumi Shintani, Keisuke Horibe Screenplay_ Yoko Yamanaka Camera_ Shin Yonekura Producer_ Keisuke Konishi, Shinji Ogawa, Masafumi Yamada, Tokushi Suzuki Rights_ Happinet Phantom Studios
A radical portrait of a fascinating young woman in claustrophobic Tokyo. Intense cinema of the body about Japan’s Generation Z.
Nothing gives 21-year-old Kana (Yūmi Kawai) lasting satisfaction or even stability – neither her job at the beauty salon, nor her relationship with the loving Honda. Her entire existence is a silent, stifled cry against conformity. Only an affair with the free-spirited artist Hayashi seems to finally bring some change to her dreary life. But the relationship soon becomes toxic.
A fresh, initially tentative self-portrait of urban Gen Z that gives way to increasingly haunting emotions. Brimming with visual fantasy, it takes us on a journey through Tokyo while painting an authentic and penetrating picture of its unusual protagonist.
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