A Warm Spell
Japanese
Directed by Toshimichi Saito
Description
Naoki gave up his dream of painting to take over the family-run post office. His older brother, Masanobu, left home to become a doctor. When their mother’s funeral brings the two brothers together again on a windy winter day in the Japanese countryside, the people gathered are forced to confront their old conflicts and resentments, and recover a sense of connection: between brothers, strangers, the bereaved and the deceased.
Previous Screening / Awards:
Grand Prix – New Directors Film Festival 2014 (Japan), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (France), Tokyo Tsuki-Ichi Film Festival 2015 (Japan)
Director's Bio
Saito Toshimichi (1985, Osaka) graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the Doshisha University in Kyoto. He later graduated with an MFA in Filmmaking from NYU’s Graduate Filmmaking Program and also worked as an assistant editor for Spike Lee. He is currently back in Japan, working on a feature-length version of “A Warm Spell.”
Credits
Producer: Jason Stefaniak
Writer: Toshimichi Saito
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