☀︎ Cannes Film Festival
☀︎ Special Jury Prize, Taiwan Directors Guild Award and Audience Choice Award, Taipei Film Festival
☀︎ Toronto International Film Festival
Though an ice hockey player, teenager Takuya isn’t very passionate about sports, but his eyes light up when he spotsyoung figure skater Sakura on the ice. Seeing traces of his young self in Takuya, Sakura’s coach Arakawa decides to train Takuyaand Sakura as a duo. Loosely inspired by his own experiences as a skater, Hiroshi Okuyama’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Jesus is a sublime sports film that lifts the spirits with its transcendent beauty while gently subverting genre conventions. This melancholic wintry tale is one of the best coming-of-age films of the year.
Director: Hiroshi Okuyama
Cast: Sosuke Ikematsu, Keitatsu Koshiyama, Kiara Nakanishi
 | About the Director Hiroshi Okuyama was born in Japan, he is a director, editor, cinematographer and screenwriter. His debut film Jesus was an instant hit, and with The Sunshine was shortlisted in the Un Certain Regard category, making him the youngest Japanese director to have been shortlisted for this program. | |