Amiko | JAPAN CUTS 2018

Amiko
あみこ
FEATURE SLATE
U.S. Premiere
Intro and Q&A with director Yoko Yamanaka
16-year-old Amiko is bored by her mundane life as a high schooler in Nagano until she meets Aomi, a classmate on the soccer team who shares her cynical point of view (and love of Radiohead), and develops a major crush. Though she doesn’t speak to him for months, when Aomi suddenly drops out of school and moves to Tokyo with a former student who represents everything she loathes, Amiko takes off after him to make sense of the betrayal. Shot and edited with a bold, unpredictable style that matches its title character’s rebellious playfulness, this invigorating micro-budget debut by 20-year-old director Yoko Yamanaka successfully avoids coming-of-age clichés to offer a wholly original take on the messy contradictions and yearnings of youth.
2017. 66 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Yoko Yamanaka. With Aira Sunohara. Hiroto Oshita. Maiko Mineo. Ayu Hasegawa.
Audience Award and Hikari TV Award, 2018 Pia Film Festival
"Amiko is a condensed ball of manic energy from start to finish."
— The Hollywood Reporter
Part of JAPAN CUTS 2018
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