Hanalei Bay
by Daishi Matsunaga
►Synopsis
A Japanese teenager was killed while surfing in Hawaii.
His single mother Sachi flies to Hanalei Bay and confronts this sudden loss.
Since then for ten years, Sachi visits the island every year in the same season and stays a couple of weeks to reconnect with her estranged son.
Sachi can’t fill in the gap of an unbearable distance after all, but one day she meets with two young surfers about the same age as her son when he died.
Specifications
Japan/USA 2018 97mn 1.85:1 5.1 Japanese & English
Written, Edited and Directed by
Daishi Matsunaga
Based on the short novel by
Haruki Murakami
Producers
Shinji Ogawa
Ryuta Hashimoto
Jason K. Lau
Executive Producers
Satoshi Miyazaki
Haruo Okamoto
Toru Emori
Cast
Yoh Yoshida (mother/Sachi)
Reo Sano (son/Takashi)
Nijiro Murakami (young surfer/Takahashi)
Guy Sato (young surfer/Miyake)
Louis Kurihara (father/Ozaki)
Crew
Cinematography: Ryuto Kondo
Music: Yoshihiro Hanno
Sound Design: Yasuo Hashimoto
Festivals & Awards
Hawaii IFF 2018 – Spotlight on Japan
Sofia IFF 2019 (Bulgaria) – International Competition
Japonism in Paris (Cinemateque Française)
Jeonju IFF – Official Selection
Selected Filmography
“Pyuupiru 2001 – 2008″ (2010)
“Pieta in the Toilet” (2015)
“Vibration: the Yellow Monkey” (2017)
