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Merry-Go-Round

Angry Son

IIZUKA Kasho

Japan2022111min Asian Premiere

Synopsis

High school student Jungo is furious. His immature mom from the Philippines troubles him, and his partner, Yusuke, who’s from a wealthy and understanding family, asks for a cooling-off period; he cannot see a stable future together. To make things worse, his mother brings a mysterious vagrant home declaring she will marry him. Jungo decides he’s had enough and sets off to find his father, who has only existed as the source of the boy’s child support account. You might be anticipating Korean movie like Punch (2011), but you’ll soon enjoy some unexpected fun. Of course, Jungo, the title role, is a powerful character, but British-Filipino actress Gow, plays troublemaker, Reina, so well that you can’t help but agree her acting stands out. The director, deals with the issue of a minority group from an LGBTQ perspective, made a coming-of-age movie of fun and warmth away from the mainstream. (HONG Sanghyun)

Diretor

IIZUKA Kasho

Born in 1990 in Gunma Prefecture. His work Our Future, based on his own experience as a transgender man, won the Special Jury Prize at the Pia Film Festival. The film was highly acclaimed not only in Japan but also abroad, including at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
After graduating from college, he has been active as a writer and a director and won the Filmmex New Director Award 2019. Futari no Sekai, a film about a decade of transgender and cisgender people, will be released in 2022.

Credit

Producer
KIKUCHI Yosuke, YAMADA Masafumi, IIZUKA Kasho
Screenplay
IIZUKA Kasho
Cinematographer
SUMI Yosuke
Editor
ABE Makoto
Sound
SHITO Yuya
Music
SATO Nami
Sales
GETA FILMS / Green Light LLC.