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Synopsis

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo (60s) and his son Toshi (30s) receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. Akiko, their wife and mother, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere in England. Surprised by this unexpected request, father and son are initially at loggerheads over their next steps.
The two men, along with Toshi’s wife Satsuki and young daughter Emi, eventually travel together to England from Tokyo to fulfil Akiko’s final wish. But Kenzaburo keeps losing himself in memories of Akiko as his relationship with Toshi becomes increasingly fraught. With little knowledge of where he is going and barely any English, Kenzaburo abandons his family in London and heads to the Lake District on his own with Akiko’s ashes. As he embarks on his quest, his memories of Akiko grow more painful. A lost and weary Kenzaburo stumbles onto the doorstep of a farmer, John, and his daughter Mary. With their help, Kenzaburo is finally able to set course once again toward Lake Windemere. But his true journey toward forgiveness and reconciliation will prove the hardest of all.
Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

Details

Year
2023
Type of film
Features
Running Time
93 min
Director
Patrick Dickinson 1st Feature
Producer
Gabrielle Tana, Kosuke Oshida, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Hélène Théodoly
Co-Producer
Jamie Harvey, Satch Watanabe
Executive Producer
Anne Sheehan, Maria Logan, Raymond Phathanavirangoon
Editor
Andy Jadavji
Screenwriter
Patrick Dickinson
Director of Photography
Mark Wolf
Production Designer
Matthew Button, Kentarô Kosaka
Sound
Danny Sheehan
Music
Stefan Gregory
Principal Cast
Lily Franky, Ryo Nishikido, Tae Kimura, Rin Takanashi, Ciarán Hinds

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 4th June 2024

Production Company

UK, Japan co-production

Akiko Films Ltd. (UK), Brouhaha Entertainment (UK), Magnolia Mae Films (US)

Brouhaha Entertainment
8 Basing Street
London
W11 1ET
‭+44 (0)7984 671990‬
alessia@brouhahaent.com
info@brouhahaent.com
http://www.brouhahaent.com

Sales
Company

Westend Films
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