Kodokushi
Original title: "Kodokushi"
Directed by
Ensar Altay was born in 1980 in Turkey. He received his graduate degree in the economy but he always had an interest in cinema. He went to London and study at the London Film Academy for earning Filmmaking. So, he started to work as the Assistant of Director in 2010. He then started to work as a TV Director and Producer for five years. Since 2011, he made several documentaries for TV Channels. In 2016, he started to work for TRT. He made two feature documentary films for TRT World.
Cinematography by
Kursat Uresin
Edited by
Ensar Altay, Merve Dag
Music by
None
Main cast
Norihito Oikawa, Kuniaki Muramatsu, Aiko Oshima
Color: colored, Running time: 85, Format: 2.35:1, Countries: Japan, Languages: Japanese
Producer(s)
Production company(s)
TRT
Co-producer(s)
Taskovski Films
Sales agent
Taskovski Films
Festivals
International Bosphorus FF - International Competition - Special Jury Prize
Synopsis
Norihito works for a company that specializes in cleaning the apartments of the recently deceased. The lonely deaths he encounters pushes him to face his own family trauma. But it won’t be as easy as he thinks.
Elderly Muramatsu spends his days in isolation after a life lived in endless hours of repetition. An upcoming Sakura festival might change his faith. Can he find a reason to exist?
