A Balance
- Feature
- 2020
- 153 Minutes
- Japan
- Language: Japanese
Documentary director Yuko is working on a piece about a bullied schoolgirl’s suicide. The girl’s high school denied she was bullied, and fabricated an affair between the student and her teacher. This resulted in a public outcry against not only the school but also the teacher, who took his own life.
Director: Yujiro Harumoto
Screenwriter: Yujiro Harumoto
Production Company: Eigakobo Harugumi LLC.
Premier Status: Middle Eastern Premiere
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Awards
2020: Busan International Film Festival, New Currents Section, New Currents Award/ Pingyao International Film Festival, Crouching Tigers Section, Jury Award, Audience Award2021: Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama Section/ Festival International de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, International Competitive Section, Cima Jury Award and Best Actress Award
Cast and Crew
Screenwriter: Yujiro Harumoto
Producer: Yujiro Harumoto, Tetsuya Matsushima, Sunao Katabuchi
DOP / Camera: Kenji Noguchi
Editor: Yujiro Harumoto
Sound: Kentaro Oguro
Cast: Kumi Takiuchi, Ken Mitsuishi, Masahiro Umeda, Yuumi Kawai, Yohta Kawase, Misa Wada, Mitsuko Oka, Yuya Matsuura, Ryo Ikeda, Tomoki Kimura
Director
Yujiro Harumoto
Born in 1978 in Kobe City, Japan.
Graduated from the cinema department of Nihon University College of Art, and went on to join the directorial division at Shochiku Kyoto Studio, where he honed his craft under filmmakers such as Akira Inoue and Shigeru Ishihara.His debut feature “Going the Distance” (2016) was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the Tokyo International Film Festival, and went on to screen at Camera Japan in the Netherlands, and won several awards. His second feature “A Balance” (2020) won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival, as well as the Jury Award and Audience Award at the Pingyao International Film Festival.