Birthright
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Profile
- Movie: Birthright
- Romaji: Saitai
- Japanese: 臍帯
- Director: Naoki Hashimoto
- Writer: Kiyotaka Inagaki, Naoki Hashimoto
- Producer: Naoki Hashimoto
- Cinematographer: Hiro'o Yanagida, Yoshinori Kano, Motoo Kawabata
- Release Date:
- Runtime: 108 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Mika, who was abandoned by her mother at birth and grew up in an orphanage, is now an adult and finds her biological mother, Naoko. Naoko lives with her kind husband and their only child, Ayano. For a few days, Mika watches them from a distance… And she makes a decision.-- saitai-film.com
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23 - 31, 2010 - Japanese Eyes *World Premiere
- 2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - March 5 - 13, 2011 - Special Screenings *Kansai Premiere
- 2011 (13th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 9 - 13, 2011 - The Features Competition *International Premiere
- 2011 (12th) Japan Filmfest Hamburg - May 25-29, 2011 - Noh *German Premiere
- 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema - July 7-22, 2011
- 2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-August 7, 2011 *Canadian Premiere
