Sleep (Japanese Movie)
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- Movie: Sleep
- Romaji: Nemuri Yusurika
- Japanese: ネムリユスリカ
- Director: Katsumi Sakaguchi
- Writer: Katsumi Sakaguchi
- Producer: Atsuko Ochiai
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: November 19, 2011
- Runtime: 96 min.
- Distributor: Go! Cinema
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
When Kotono was 15-years-old she was raped. Now, 17 years later, Kotono works as a masseuse and her daughter Natsume, who was born from the rape, watches - even when Kotono's clients want extra services. They live out of a van with their crippled grandfather Kai. Kotono no longer speaks because of the traumatic incident that occurred to her as a teen. The money they earn is used to hire detectives to find the rapist. Finally, when the man is tracked down they learn that he is dying of cancer.
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (40th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 26-Feb. 6, 2011 - Spectrum
- 2011 (19th) Raindance Film Festival - September 28- October 9, 2011 - Way Out East - Japanese Films *UK Premiere
- 2011 (47th) Chicago International Film Festival - October 6-20, 2011 - World Cinema
