
Hotori no Sakuko
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Three years after “Hospitalité,” Kiki Sugino and Koji Fukada return with another socially aware film that follows the journey of an 18-year-old girl navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood during a summer in a valley filled with romance. Sakuko, preparing for her university entrance exams, decides to join her aunt Mikie on a trip to a coastal town. There, she forms a friendship with Takashi, a high school dropout and refugee from Fukushima, who works at a motel owned by Mikie’s friend, Ukichi. As she stands on the cusp of adulthood, Sakuko begins to grasp the complexities of growing up.
Duration:2h 5min
Views:318
Release:2013
Release Date:2013-10-19
Genre:Drama
Director:Kōji Fukada
Actors:Ena Koshino, Fumi Nikaido, Hiroko Matsuda, Kanji Furutachi, Kiki Sugino, Kotaro Shiga, Makiko Watanabe, Mayu Tsuruta, Tadashi Otake, Taiga Nakano
Country:Japan, United States of America
Company:Atom-X, Letre, Sakuko Production Committee
Awards:4 wins & 4 nominations total
TMDB:6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:100%
FilmAffinity:6.6
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