THE LAND OF HOPE
by Shion Sono
synopsis
In the fictional Nagashima prefecture, Yoichi Ono lives a peaceful life with his wife Izumi, and his parents Yasuhiko and Chieko, on the family’s small farm. One day, an earthquake disrupts the calm, causing the reactor at a nearby nuclear power plant to explode. The Nagashima community is directly within the twenty-kilometre evacuation radius—except for the Ono farm. Haunted by memories of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in which evacuees were forced out of their homes permanently, the Onos are faced with a terrible decision: stay and risk the possibility of radiation poisoning, or leave the home their family has spent generations building.
international title: | The Land of Hope |
original title: | Kibô no kuni |
country: | United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Shion Sono |
film run: | 133' |
release date: | FR 24/04/2013 |
screenplay: | Shion Sono |
cast: | Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, Hikari Kajiwara, Yutaka Shimizu |
cinematography by: | Shigenori Miki |
film editing: | Jun'ichi Itô |
art director: | Takashi Matsuzuka |
producer: | Mizue Kunizane, Yuji Sadai, Yûko Shiomaki |
production: | Marble Films |
distributor: | Metropolitan Filmexport |