Renoir

Renoir (2025)

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In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.

Date of release
2025-06-20
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (26)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chie Hayakawa

Casting

Interesting facts

Renoir is a 2025 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Chie Hayakawa. Starring Yui Suzuki, Lily Franky, Hikari Ishida, and Ayumu Nakajima, the film follows the childhood of 11-year-old Fuki in late-1980s Tokyo.

Production

Director Chie Hayakawa drew inspiration from her own childhood experience of having a father with cancer. She had wanted to make the film since her early 20s, but noted that it would have been "too dark" had she done so earlier. She intentionally set the film in 1987, during Japan's bubble economy, as she felt it paralleled current society. Newcomer Yui Suzuki, who plays Fuki, was the first actress Hayakawa saw for the role.

Principal photography took place in Japan from July to September 2024. Filming also took place in the Philippines in November 2024. Hayakawa used French sound recordists and boom operators during production.

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