HAPPYEND

SYNOPSIS

In the near future, Tokyo is threatened by a catastrophic earthquake. Two students, best friends and notorious for getting into trouble, play a prank on the school principal before their graduation, which ends with the installation of a surveillance system.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Neo Sora was born in 1991 to manager Norika Sora and film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York, and was raised in both New York and Tokyo. Sora graduated from a Connecticut University in Philosophy and Film Studies.

After several short films, in 2023, he directed the documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus, revolving around the last concert performed by his father. In 2024, he wrote and directed his feature debut, Happyend, for which he was given the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Venice, Toronto, New York, London, Singapore, Marrakesh, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Observation Missions for Asian Cinema Award); Pingyao International Film Festival (Roberto Rossellini Jury Award); Göteborg (Youth Jury Dragon Award), Bangkok, Hague, Hong Kong (New Talent Award)…

DESCRIPTION

HAPPYEND (ff.)
DIRECTOR: Neo Sora
COUNTRY: Japan, USA, Singapore, UK
YEAR: 2024
RUNTIME: 113’
LANGUAGE: Japanese
CAST: Shina Peng, Makiko Watanabe, Ayumu Nakajima
PRODUCTION: Cinema Inutile, Zakkubalan, Cineric Creative

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