Yuko No Tenbin
A Balance

Kumi Takiuchi, Ken Mitsuishi
Yuko No Tenbin | A Balance by Yujiro Harumoto
JPN 2020, Panorama
© Eigakobo Harugumi

Yuumi Kawai, Kumi Takiuchi
Yuko No Tenbin | A Balance by Yujiro Harumoto
JPN 2020, Panorama
© Eigakobo Harugumi

Masahiro Umeda
Yuko No Tenbin | A Balance by Yujiro Harumoto
JPN 2020, Panorama
© Eigakobo Harugumi

Film poster
Yuko No Tenbin | A Balance by Yujiro Harumoto
JPN 2020, Panorama
Yujiro Harumoto finds moving and authentic images for his drama about the balancing act in documentary between cinematic and actual truths which homes in on the question of whether it is right to play one off against the other. Yuko No Tenbin also delivers an atmospheric portrait of a society in which shame and dishonour can have drastic social consequences.
With
- Kumi Takiuchi (Yuko)
- Ken Mitsuishi (Masashi)
- Masahiro Umeda (Tetsuya)
- Yuumi Kawai (Mei)
- Yohta Kawase (Tomiyama)
- Misa Wada (Shiho)
- Mitsuko Oka (Toshiko)
- Yuya Matsuura (Hasebe)
- Ryo Ikeda (Dr. Kobayashi)
- Tomoki Kimura (Ikeda)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Yujiro Harumoto |
Cinematography | Kenji Noguchi |
Editing | Yujiro Harumoto |
Sound Design | Hiroki Matsuura |
Sound | Kentaro Oguro |
Production Design | Naoki Soma |
Costumes | Kazumi Hoshino |
Make-Up | Yukari Harada |
Casting | Takashi Fujimura |
Production Manager | Satoru Fukazawa |
Producers | Yujiro Harumoto, Tetsuya Matsushima, Sunao Katabuchi |
World Sales
Toei Company
Produced by
Eigakobo Harugumi

Masahiro Umeda, Yujiro Harumoto, Sunao Katabuchi
In best mood: the Japanese film team.
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Masahiro Umeda
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Yujiro Harumoto
The director giving an interview.
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Attentive listeners
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Yujiro Harumoto
The director during Q&A.
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Masahiro Umeda
The actor on the stage.
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021

Sunao Katabuchi
The producer of the Japanese film.
Yuko No Tenbin · Panorama · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 17, 2021
Yujiro Harumoto
Yuko No Tenbin | A Balance
Panorama · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 23, 2021
Yujiro Harumoto

Born in Kōbe, Japan in 1978, he studied at the Nihon University College of Art. He gained his first experience in the directing department at Shochiku Kyoto Studio under the aegis of filmmakers such as Akira Inoue and Shigeru Ishihara. He also worked on several historical films and series. His debut feature film, Going the Distance, which he also produced, wrote and edited, screened at festivals including the Tokyo International Film Festival, Camera Japan in the Netherlands and the Seoul International Agape Film Festival and won several awards. Yuko No Tenbin is his second film.
Filmography
2016 Kazoku-e (Going the Distance) 2020 Yuko No Tenbin (A Balance)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021