BEYOND THE FOG
Film - International Independents

BEYOND THE FOG

Directed by Daichi Murase

Info

Director: Daichi Murase
Section: International Independents
Country: Japan
Year: 2023
OT: KIRI NO FUCHI
Language: Japanese
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Shyri Miyake, Masaki Miura, Shinzo Hotta, Asami Mizukawa
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A gently delivered debut film about the agony of change and the beauty of nature.

This quiet hamlet hidden in the mountains used to be a popular destination for hikers. But hardly anyone goes there anymore. Shige and his daughter-in-law Saki, who run an inn there, are feeling the effects of this. One day, Shige disappears and Saki, who is raising 12-year-old Ihika on her own, must ask herself if she wants to continue living like this.

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Photocredits: Director's Photo: Alex Abril

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Meet the director

BEYOND THE FOG

Daichi Murase

Daichi Murase was born and raised in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he loved to watch the American movies his father owned. Murase studied filmmaking at Kyoto University of the Arts. His short film FORGET BUT was screened at Cannes in 2019. His graduation film, ROLL (2020), earned the Audience Award in the student film category at the Nara International Film Festival. BEYOND THE FOG is his second feature-length film.

Credits

Screenplay: Daichi Murase
Director of Photography: Takeshi Dodo
Film Editor: Kohei Tadano
Composer: Kazufumi Umemura
Production Designer: Setsuko Shiokawa
Sound: Eiji Mori
Sound design: Cinema Sound Works
Make-up artist: Akihiro Minamitsuji, Yasuko Nakano
Producer: Aiko Yoshioka Flores
Production Company: Nara International Film Festival
Executive producer: Naomi Kawase