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KEN AND KAZU (KEN TO KAZU)
SALES All rights, World DISTR DVD-video, VOD, JAPAN
Release date : Jul 30, 2016
 
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Crime - 96 minutes

Log Line

Winner of Best Picture Award at 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival, Japanese Cinema Splash Section.
Hiroshi Shoji's feature directorial debut, based on his eponymous 2011 short.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2017 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Hiroshi SHOJI
Writer(s) : Hiroshi SHOJI
Cast : Shinsuke KATO, Katsuya MAIGUMA, Kisetsu FUJIWARA

Producer(s) : Nichiho MARUMO, Hiroshi SHOJI

Synopsis

Partners in crime Ken and Kazu use an auto repair shop to sell drugs and make money. When Ken's girlfriend Saki gets pregnant, he does his best to go straight. But Kazu makes a dangerous move, and Ken comes to draw the attention of the local Yakuza boss and is slowly driven into a corner. Obsession, sense of indebtedness, connection and future is portrayed against the backdrop of drug dealings in the underworld.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

JAPAN Jul 30, 2016 KING RECORDS CO
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Festivals and Awards

Tokyo International Film Festival 2015 (Winner of Best Picture Award Japanese Cinema Splash Section)
Shanghai 2016 (Panorama)
Taipei Film Festival 2016
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016
Japan Cuts 2016
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2016 (World Fantastic Blue)


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