When Makoto breaks his leg, his son-in-law Yuta leaves Tokyo for a rural town in Kyushu to help out at his old-fashioned photography studio. The contrasting qualities of analogue and digital photography become a metaphor for the complexities of human relationships and the generational divide. With his family far away, Yuta keeps in touch by exchanging photographs and videos with them. The small rituals of daily life, a closeness to nature and fragments of memory come together in a quiet meditation on the passage of time and the vital role images play in our lives. Memorizu won the Best New Narrative Director Award at the Tribeca Festival.
Memorizu
Director Miiku Sakanishi
1 hr. 37 min. · Japan, 2026 · Drama · Japanese · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 37 min.
- Country, year
- Japan, 2026
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Japanese
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Miiku Sakanishi
- Screenplay
- Miiku Sakanishi
- Producers
- Masato Date, Yoshiho Fukuoka, Tomoo Tsuchii
- Cinematography
- Yoichi Kamakari
- Cast
- Moeka Hoshi, Issei Ogata, Yu Kashii, Masayo Umezawa, Tasuku Emoto
- More information
- www.imdb.com
- MUBI
- View on MUBI
Festivals and awards
- Best New Narrative Director Award · 2026
Director
Miiku Sakanishi
Born in Tokyo in 1992, Miiku Sakanishi graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts and first gained recognition for his short films. One of these, For a while, won the Grand Prize at the 2013 International Students Creative Award. His debut feature, Memorizu, was warmly received on the international festival circuit.
