Harajuku

Harajuku

Director Eirik Svensson

1 hr. 20 min. · Norway, 2018 · Drama, Animation · Norwegian · Subtitles: English, Lithuanian · N-16

About the film

"You said we would meet. But we didn't. I waited for you in a carpark in the rain for hours. I was 11."

15 year old Vilde lives in Oslo but dreams of going to Tokyo’s most popular neighborhood, Harajuku, where she believes all her problems will vanish. At least, This is where her cosplay fantasies take place. A few days before Christmas, reality comes knocking on her door: her mother dies. Forced to contact her father, whom she has never met, she tries to escape it all with a one way ticket to Tokyo, but end up having to face her fears.

Details

Running time
1 hr. 20 min.
Country, year
Norway, 2018
Genre
Drama, Animation
Language
Norwegian
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Age rating
N-16

Credits

Director
Eirik Svensson
Screenplay
Sebastian Torngren Wartin
Producers
Cornelia Boysen
Cinematography
Karl Erik Brøndbo
Music
Øyvind Mathisen, Fay Wildhagen
Cast
Ines Høysæter Asserson, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ingrid Olava
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Gothenburg International Film Festival,
  • Amanda Awards Best Editing, Best Sound Design
Eirik Svensson

Director

Eirik Svensson

Eirik Svensson has directed several short films, his feature film debut was Must Have Been Love in 2013. His second feature film One Night in Oslo (2014) was nominated for three Amanda Awards. Harajuku is his third feature film.