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Koji Yakusho in Four Films

UNDER THE OPEN SKY
SUBARASHIKI SEKAI

• Director: Miwa Nishikawa
• JAPAN / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 126’ / Japanese; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Miwa Nishikawa
• Original Work: Saki Ryuzo
• Director of Photography: Kasamatsu Norimichi
• Editing: Ryuji Miyajima, Tomomi Kikuch
• Music: Masaki Hayashi
• Cast: Koji Yakusho, Taiga Nakano
• Producer: Asako Nishikawa, Taichi Ito, Eiji Kitahara
• Production Co.: "Under the Open Sky" Production Committee
• World Sales: Gaga Corporation

2020 Chicago Best Performance, Audience Choice
2020 Yokohama Best Cinematography
2020 Seattle Persistence of Vision
2020 Mainichi Sinema Ödülleri (Japan) Excellence in Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music

Mikami is an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, who gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a documentary TV show and meets young TV director Tsunoda. Having no friends or family and no valid skills for work opportunities, he struggles to fit into society, and get a proper job. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him. Modelled after a real person, Mikami is played by Koji Yakusho with a captivating performance displaying a range of emotions of an ex convict’s stigmas and inner struggles.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.