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The Light Shines Only There (そこのみにて光輝く, Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku) is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Mipo O. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
World Premiere: March 16, 2014 (Osaka Asian Film Festival) Release Date: April 12, 2014. Runtime: 120 min. Genre: Drama / Disillusioned Youth / Dysfunctional Family / Best Film-Movie of the Year. Distributor: Tokyo Theatres.
Director. Yasushi Satô. Novel. Ryo Takada. Screenplay. A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
The Light Shines Only There 2014 2h 0m Drama List Reviews 62% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings An unemployed man falls in love with his best friend's sister.
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- Mipo Oh
- Drama
- Gou Ayano, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masaki Suda
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In a Japanese port town, Tatsuo, a traumatized man, spends his days drifting aimlessly and his nights drinking himself to oblivion. Whiling his hours away at a pachinko parlor, he meets Takuji, a young man on parole who impulsively invites him to a shabby house on the outskirts of town.
If there are some characteristics that remind one of a Kinji Fukasaku wild youth movie, with even a slight gangster spin towards the conclusion, Mipo O's film applies real people to dramatic situations and shows the often brutal nature of life in the remotest regions of Japan.
