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A man stands in a bright space, holding a large white flower with a pink pot. Other flowers sit in the corner to his right.

Brand New Landscape Miharashi Sedai

  Danzuka Yuiga

  Japan     115 minutes

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of an ever-changing Tokyo, Brand New Landscape is an assured, complex debut inflected with an ingenious injection of the surreal. Reeling after the death of their mother and long estranged from their father, twentysomething siblings Ren and Emi are left to their own devices. Making ends meet delivering flowers, Ren spends his days carrying the weight of his mother’s absence and simmering in anger over his father’s silence. Meanwhile, Emi is about to marry and put the past behind her. When an urban development project compels their father to return to the city, the siblings are forced to reckon with their painful family history as they are offered one last chance at reconciliation.

Featuring a collection of stunning performances and beautifully composed images, the film draws parallels between Tokyo’s shifting landscape and the family’s tumultuous path toward reunion. Filmmaker Yuiga Danzuka crafts a mesmerizing reflection on the price of progress and change at scales both large and small.

 Japanese with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Wed, Oct 22 @ 7:45pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04
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Scheduled to Attend:
Director Danzuka Yuiga

Screening

Thu, Oct 23 @ 7:30pm

at Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 2
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Scheduled to Attend:
Director Danzuka Yuiga
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Film Credits

  •   Yamagami Kenji
  •   Danzuka Yuiga
  •   Majima Uichi
  •   Furuya Koichi
  •   Kurosaki Kodai, Endo Kenichi, Igawa Haruka, Kiryu Mai, Kikuchi Akiko, Nakamura Aoi, Nakayama Shingo, Yoshioka Mutsuo, Su YuChun, Hattori Misaki, Ishida Riko, Arao Rintaro
  •   Teranishi Ryo
  •   Siglo LTD

Sponsors

Program Patron

Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation

With support from

logo: Japan Foundation New York

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