JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

Focus: East Asian Films Now

Alone Together

MISHIMA Yukiko

Japan 2022 95min DCP Color Documentary 12World Premiere

Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
315	2023. 04. 30	10:00	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 5	HKE12	Ticket Wish
540	2023. 05. 02	20:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 8	HKE12GV	Ticket Wish
743	2023. 05. 04	19:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 10	HKE12	Ticket Wish

Overview

A state of emergency was declared for the first time under the Law Concerning Special Measures against COVID-19, on April 7th, in Japan. It has changed everyone’s life. MISHIMA Yukiko interviewed 20 actors online during the state of emergency. The actors themselves or their family members filmed the film. April 22nd was Mishima's birthday. When she heard people crying from somewhere in the dawn, she came up with the idea for this film. A man decides to keep a daily diary, a woman whose stage performance has been postponed is busy with housework at home, a woman is looking forward to seeing a movie she is in, and a woman is silently working at home. The film captures in graphic detail their daily lives during the first wave of the Covid disaster.

Review

MISHIMA Yukiko heard people crying at dawn on April 22, 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic started. She considered it a sign of ‘being alive’ and planned a self-documentary with her colleagues, who all were forced to stop working due to lockdown, resulting in Alone Together. She created each episode, communicating with the actors while directing remotely, and the project progressed through the actors self-filming. The actors recorded voice diaries or danced alone to deal with the loneliness and depression. They did some copy editing, made deliveries, or even worked on construction sites for a living. This meticulous and earnest recording has remained vivid documentation of this era. MISHIMA Yukiko said, “Alone Together is a work of reaffirming human beings” personally. (MOON Seok)

CREDIT

DirectorMISHIMA Yukiko
ProducerSUZAKU Tsunenori, HIRANO Hiroyasu, LEE Sanki, IDE Kiyomi
CinematographyIKEDA Ryo, OOTAKA Yoko, KAMO Mihoko, KONISHI Takahiro, SASAKI Shiho, IMAI Yukihiro, YAMAGUCHI Kai

MusicTANAKA Takuto
EditorKATO Hitomi, KITANI Mizuki
SoundURATA Kazuharu, MAEDA Kazuho

CastIKEDA Ryo, OOTAKA Yoko, KAMO Mihoko, KONISHI Takahiro, SASAKI Shiho, MATSUMOTO Marika(voice)

FILM SOURCE

OMURO Ltd. ㅣ nishidanobuyoshi@gmail.com

DIRECTOR

MISHIMA Yukiko

Born in 1969, Osaka, Japan. She has joined NHK and worked as an assistant director at Toei Kyoto Studios. Her filmography includes Bread of Happiness (2012) , A Stitch of Life (2015), Dear Etranger (2017), and Shape of Red (2020).

🌪️disaster/natural disaster🎟️theater/performance📹documentary😴dream😷new normal/pandemic