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Children Untold

  • Miwa Nishikawa
  • Section: International Feature Film Competition
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Duration: 150 min.
  • Country: Japón
  • Language: Japonés
  • Year: 2026

Synopsis

Follows a 12-year-old orphaned girl in post-WWII Tokyo who disguises herself as a boy to survive the underworld, while her former teacher retraces her path.

Miwa Nishikawa

Miwa Nishikawa

Miwa Nishikawa, discovered by Hirokazu Kore-Eda, debuted with Wild Berries. Her second film, Sway, gained acclaim at Cannes, and Dear Doctor was a box-office hit in Japan, winning the Best Screenplay Award. She also adapted her novel The Long Excuse into a film.

Credits

D: Miwa Nishikawa

G: Miwa Nishikawa

F: Norimichi Kasamatsu

E: Tomomi Kikuchi

DA: Keiko Mitsumatsu

S: Mitsugu Shiratori

M: Marihiko Hara

P: Daiju Koide, Taichi Ito

CP: K2 Pictures, AOI Pro

I: Ami Koyae, Fumi Nikaido, Yutaka Takenouchi, -

Contact

E-mail: giuditta@intramovies.com, -

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