Plot
Sawa Yamagishi (Sakura Ando) worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to eventually lose her job and house. Now, she has nowhere to go.
Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, their lives change and Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
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- Movie: 0.5mm
- Romaji: 0.5 Miri
- Japanese: 0.5ミリ
- Director: Momoko Ando
- Writer: Momoko Ando (novel)
- Producer: Yoshiya Nagasawa
- Cinematographer: Takahiro Haibara
- World Premiere: July 17, 2014 (Japan Cuts)
- Release Date: November, 2014
- Runtime: 196 min.
- Genre: Award Winning-Drama / Best Film-Movie of the Year
- Distributor: Aya Pro
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Notes
- Based on the novel "0.5 Miri" by Momoko Ando (published October 26, 2011 by Gentosha Inc.).
- Momoko Ando is the older sister of actress Sakura Ando.
Cast
Sakura Ando Sawa Yamagishi
Masahiko Tsugawa Yoshimi Makabe
Akira Emoto Takeshi Sasaki
Toshio Sakata Shigeru
Mitsuko Kusabue Shizue Makabe
Junkichi Orimoto Shozo Kataoka
Midori Kiuchi Yukiko Kataoka
Nozomi Tsuchiya Makoto Kataoka
Tatsuo Inoue Yasuo
Masahiro Higashide karaoke clerk
Bengal Sueo Saito
Kazue Tsunogae Hamada
Miyoko Asada Hisako Makabe
Film Festivals
- 2014 (8th) JAPAN CUTS - July 10-20, 2014 *World Premiere
- 2015 (17th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 2, 2015 *European Premiere
- 2015 (15th) Nippon Connection - June 2-7, 2015 - Nippon Visions *German Premiere
- 2015 (28th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22-31, 2015 - Japan Now
Awards
- 2015 (36th) Yokohama Film Festival - February 2, 2015
- Best Director (Momoko Ando)
- Special Jury Prize (Masahiko Tsugawa)
- 2014 (39th) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2014
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor (Masahiko Tsugawa)
Momoko Ando whose first directorial work “Kakera” was highly appreciated made a novel that he wrote based on his own care experience. The interaction that the caregiving helper who caught up in a case and lost everything started from starting a helper to live …
Cast: Ando Sakura
Director: Momoko Ando
Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
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