The Light Shines Only There
- Original title
- Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku (The Light Shines Only There)
- Year
- 2014
- Running time
- 120 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Ryô Takada. Novel: Yasushi Sato
- Cast
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- Gou Ayano
- Chizuru Ikewaki
- Masaki Suda
- Kazuya Takahashi
- Shôhei Hino
- Hiroko Isayama
- Taijirô Tamura
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- In a Japanese port town, Tatsuo, a traumatized man, spends his days drifting aimlessly and his nights drinking himself to oblivion. Whiling his hours away at a pachinko parlor, he meets Takuji, a young man on parole who impulsively invites him to a shabby house on the outskirts of town. There, Tatsuo glimpses Takuji's bedridden father and callous mother, and meets his world-weary older sister Chinatsu. While immediately drawn to each other, romance is an unaffordable luxury for the emotionally closed-off Tatsuo and the disillusioned Chinatsu, who sells herself to provide for her family and keep her brother out of jail. As Tatsuo and Chinatsu take tentative steps towards a relationship, the happy-go-lucky Takuji latches onto Tatsuo, binding their fates. Each step they take to build a better life sets off a chain of actions that have devastating consequences.
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- Awards
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2014: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Director2015: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Actress.
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