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“Lonely Glory” is the second feature film by Nihon University graduate Sakon Keitaro. The family drama follows his debut feature “Tokyo Butterfly”, which was in the Official Selection at the Florence Film Awards 2020.

Lonely Glory is streaming as part of Jff+ Independent Cinema

Due to harassment accusations, Haruka, played by Kokoro Morita, loses her high-raking position at a venture company. Haruka returns home, where she finds herself struggling with her sister and two brothers about the future of her late parent's house. She wants to sell the house to start a new business, but the other siblings oppose the idea and are eager to continue the small restaurant located on the ground floor.

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Backed by the production efforts of “Tokyo New Cinema”, Keitaro Sakon shines a light on the critical situation of local Japanese businesses. The subject of family drama offers a wide range of comedic...

Adrien Lacoste is a French director who makes narrative films, documentaries, commercials and music videos. In 2012, he moved to Japan and began his filmmaking career as an editor and colorist for a Japanese TV station. He then made his way into directing through various experimental projects. In 2017, he wrote and directed his short film “The Future Looked Bright”, which was selected to Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia. Currently, he holds the position of Director/Producer at a Tokyo-based video production company. “Utakata” is his feature debut and implements an approach that is at least as French as it is Japanese.

Utakata is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

Seijiro is the youngest male son in a family that is running a big architect's company. He returns home from Mexico for his grandfather's 80th birthday. While his relatives gather, the tension in the household is palpable, particularly since it...