あんのこと (2024)

Curiosità

A Girl Named Ann is a 2024 Japanese drama film directed by Yu Irie, starring Yuumi Kawai, Jiro Sato, Goro Inagaki, Aoba Kawai, Yuriko Hirooka and Akari Hayami. It follows Ann, a young woman who grew up in an abusive household and developed a drug addiction as she attempts to recover with the help of two men who enter her life, her efforts are derailed by a scandal and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The film is based on a real-life incident.

Production

The film is based on two articles in The Asahi Shimbun published in the summer of 2020. They covered the life of a woman pseudonymously referred to as "Hana", who had grown up in an abusive household, turned to prostitution and developed a drug addiction, and whose attempt at recovery was cut short by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, which eventually led to her taking her own life.

Irie claimed that in writing the script, he chose not to focus entirely on the "tragic" aspects of the protagonist's life as he did not wish to depict her as "someone to be pitied"., instead deciding to portray her "with a level of respect". Both Kawai and Irie interviewed the journalist who penned the Asahi Shimbun stories, though the journalist was unable to reveal much personal information about "Hana" due to confidentiality reasons.

Principal photography took place in the middle of 2023. The film was shot on location in the Akabane neighbourhood in Tokyo. It features several "long" and "unbroken" takes, which was a first for Irie. Production was overseen by a Non-Profit Organisation which aids drug addicts in rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

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