Kaze no Denwa
Voices in the Wind
Serena Motola
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind by Nobuhiro Suwa
JPN 2020, Generation
© 2020 The Phone of the Wind Film Partners
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Serena Motola
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind by Nobuhiro Suwa
JPN 2020, Generation
© 2020 The Phone of the Wind Film Partners
Film poster
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind by Nobuhiro Suwa
JPN 2020, Generation
In her search for answers, 17-year-old Haru sets out on a long journey across the country to the town where, in 2011, the devastating tsunami swept away her brother and parents. This road trip takes the young woman, who is still haunted by her loss, from Hiroshima to Tokyo and Fukushima and all the way to Ōtsuchi, where her family home once stood. On the way she encounters other people, other stories, other lives and other losses. Landscapes and faces. The journey ends in the middle of a garden in full bloom among the scarred surroundings of her coastal hometown.. In it stands a telephone box which, even though it is no longer connected, is used to speak to those who cannot be reached any other way.
With
- Serena Motola (Haru)
- Hidetoshi Nishijima (Morio)
- Toshiyuki Nishida (Imada)
- Tomokazu Miura (Kohei)
- Makiko Watanabe (Hiroko)
- Mirai Yamamoto (Yuuka)
- Fusako Urabe
- Shoko Ikezu
- Kei Ishibashi
- Atsushi Shinohara
- Yasuko Beppu
Crew
| Director | Nobuhiro Suwa |
| Screenplay | Kyoko Inukai, Nobuhiro Suwa |
| Cinematography | Takahiro Haibara |
| Editing | Takashi Sato |
| Music | Hiroko Sebu |
| Sound Design | Takaaki Yamaomoto |
| Sound | Takaaki Yamaomoto |
| Production Design | China Hayashi |
| Costumes | Mari Miyamoto |
| Make-Up | Rumi Terasawa |
| Assistant Director | Yu Koreyasu |
| Production Manager | Yu Kumagai |
| Producer | Eiji Izumi |
| Executive Producer | Taro Hashimoto |
| Co-Producers | Dai Miyazaki, Yoshiya Nagasawa |
| Co-Production |
Jungledrum Tokio Real Products Tokio |
World Sales
Open Sesame
Produced by
Broadmedia Studios Corporation
Serena Motola
The leading actress.
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind · Generation · Feb 23, 2020
Nobuhiro Suwa, Makiko Watanabe, Serena Motola, Eiji Izumi
The director (left), the leading actresses (middle) and the producer (right).
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind · Generation · Feb 23, 2020
Kyoko Inukai
The film received a Special Mention by the International Jury in Generation 14plus.
Kaze no Denwa | Voices in the Wind · Generation · Feb 28, 2020
Nobuhiro Suwa
Born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1960, he studied film at Tokyo Zokei University and has since become its president. His film Yuki & Nina screened in the Berlinale Generation section in 2010, and the Forum presented his 1984 feature film Hanasareru Gang in 2016.
Filmography
1982 Santa ga machi ni yatte kuru (Santa Comes to Town) 1984 Hanasareru Gang 1997 2/Dyuo (2/Duo) 1999 M/Other 2001 H Story 2002 After War; segment “A Letter from Hiroshima” 2005 Un couple parfait 2006 Paris, je t'aime; segment “Place des Victoires” 2009 Yuki & Nina; co-director: Hippolyte Girardot 2011 Black Hair 2017 Le lion est mort ce soir (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 2020 Kaze no Denwa (Voices in the Wind)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020