Great Absence(HKAFF2024)

An unexpected phone call reconnects Tanaka with his estranged father. It turns out his father has developed rapidly progressive dementia, but his partner, the woman he left the family for when Tanaka was a child, has gone mysteriously missing. Can we still hold fast to a relationship with someone whose memory becomes unreliable? Emerging Japanese director Kei Chika-ura joins forces with Hirokazu Kore-eda’s frequent collaborator Yutaka Yamazaki and legendary actor Tatsuya Fuji, capturing the perplexity derived from the great absence of memories on 35mm.

Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance, San Sebastián International Film Festival
Global Visions Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival