Himizu (film)
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Film poster advertising this film in Japan
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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Produced by | Haruo Umekawa, Masashi Yamazaki |
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Minoru Furuya Sion Sono |
| Starring | Shōta Sometani, Fumi Nikaido |
| Cinematography | Sohei Tanikawa |
| Distributed by | Gaga Communications |
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130 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Himizu (ヒミズ?) is 2011 Japanese drama film based on a manga of the same name by Minoru Furuya and directed by Sion Sono. The word himizu is the Japanese name for a species of mole.
The film competed in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September. At the festival, Shōta Sometani and Fumi Nikaido received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor and Actress for their work in the film.
The director Sion Sono had already written the film's script when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on 11 March 2011. After this disaster, he decided to rewrite the script to adapt the film to this disaster.
The lead stars of the film were officially announced on 10 June 2011. The lead actor for the film is Shōta Sometani, who plays the role of Sumida, a 15-year-old who suffers from the violence that his father inflicted onto him. Actress Fumi Nikaido will be his co-star, and she will star as Chazawa, a rich girl who is Sumida's classmate.
Additional cast members of the film was announced on 2 September 2011. These cast members were Yosuke Kubozuka, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Anne Suzuki and singer Takahiro Nishijima. Actress Yoshitaka previously starred in the 2006 film Noriko's Dinner Table, which was also directed by Sion Sono. Nishijima is from the music group AAA, and also previously starred in Sion Sono's 2009 award-winning film Love Exposure.
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