Synopsis
Aiko is a prostitute working for the Japanese mafia. One evening, one of her colleagues is absent and Aiko receives the order to go to visit her to find out what is going on. On arrival finding the corpse of the young woman, she discovers a baby,nobody new of its whose existence. This meeting is going to bring out her maternal instinct which will urge her to give the best of herself to this child, the time that the sun comes up.
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Actors (3)
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Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Fabrice Préel-Cléach
- Screenwriter : Kristof Sagna
- Director of Photography : Kanamé Onoyama
- Music Composer : ReksideR
- Assistant director : Yo Takahashi
- Editor : Umika Iwai
- Sound Recordist : Shaun O'Brien
- Costume designer : Sachiko Nishigaki
- Foreign Producer : Alexandre Bartholo
- Line Producers : Alexandre Bartholo, Fabrice Préel-Cléach
- Assistant Operator : Takeshi Fukushima
- Sound Editor : César Mamoudy
- Continuity supervisor : Louise Renard
- Production Designer : Yuki Tsuruta
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Cosson
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Motherhood, Prostitution, Dreams, Violence
- Production language : Japanese
- Coproducer countries : France, Japan
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Japan)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 19 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 142.367
- Visa issue date : 28/10/2015
- Production formats : HD - HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (4)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2015
Compétition internationale
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