August My Heaven
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Yukino Murakami, Shuri Suwa, Takuma Fujie
August My Heaven by Riho Kudo
JPN 2024, Berlinale Special
© 2024 Roadstead
With
- Yukino Murakami
- Shuri Suwa
- Takuma Fujie
Crew
Director | Riho Kudo |
Screenplay | Riho Kudo |
Cinematography | Saki Tanimura |
Editing | Mizuki Sako |
Music | Soma |
Sound Design | Kanshi Iwasaki |
Production Design | Mei Yanagi |
Costumes | Hiroki Matsui |
Producers | Riho Kudo, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Okamoto |
Executive Producers | Masanori Yamamoto, Misaki Kawamura |
World sales
Nikkatsu Corporation
Produced by
Sunborn
C&I Entertainment
Roadstead
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Group Photo
The teams of the two films united at the Photo Call.
August My Heaven · Chime · Berlinale Special · Feb 19, 2024
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Carlo Chatrian, Riho Kudo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Artistic Director with the two directors on the stage.
August My Heaven · Chime · Berlinale Special · Feb 19, 2024
Riho Kudo
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Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1995, she studied film production at the Kyoto University of the Arts. In 2018, her graduation film Orphan’s Blues won several prizes at the Pia Film Festival in Tokyo and the Nara International Film Festival. In 2020, a scholarship from the Pia Film Festival supported her in making Let Me Hear It Barefoot. The film went on to screen at international festivals and won the Emerging Director Grand Prix and the award for Best Emerging Actor at the 36th Takasaki Film Festival. In 2023, she directed an episode in the miniseries OZU, a remake of the early silent films by Yasujiro Ozu.
Filmography
2019 Orphan’s Blues 2022 Hadashi de Narashite Misero (Let Me Hear It Barefoot) 2023 OZU: Ozu Yasujiro ga Kaita Monogatari; episode “Woman of Tokyo” 2024 August My Heaven
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024