Rei

Rei (2024)

莉の対

The title of Tanaka Toshihiko’s ambitious exploration of human relationships is polysemous. A genderless given name, the kanji character can similarly represent a variety of meanings. As such, it’s the perfect symbol for this portrait of early thirtysomething company employee Matsushita Hikari. Her life is stable and seemingly without worry, unlike many of those around her. But it’s through their struggles that they find their counterparts in life – the balance in relationships that steadies them. Hikari lacks this ballast and this begins to worry her. However, on a trip into the mountains of Hokkaido she encounters a Deaf landscape photographer, Masato. Through him Hikari embarks on a journey that will transform her sense of being and connectedness with the world.

Date of release
2024-05-31
Runtime
3h 9m
Genres
Drama
Director
Toshihiko Tanaka

Casting

Interesting facts

Rei is a 2024 Japanese drama film directed by Toshihiko Tanaka. The film had its world premiere in the Tiger Competition section at the 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film also won the Tiger Award at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film opened to generally positive reviews from critics while the direction, screenplay and Ikeda Akio's cinematography were praised.

Production

Toshihiko Tanaka found himself facing a situation of underemployment after theater owners in Japan decided to close down the theatres on a temporary basis due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which eventually sent shockwaves and a wakeup call to the theatre actors to adapt to the new normal by practicing a paradigm shift approach.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended