
Director
Naomi Kawase
Starring
Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Shirakawa, Misuzu Kanno
Run Time
101 mins
Release Year
2017
Country of Origin
Japan, France
Certificate
15
Language
Japanese (English Subtitles)
Director of Photography: Arata Dodo
Editor: Tina Baz
Produced by: Naoya Kinoshita, Masa Sawada, Yumiko Takebe
Music: Ibrahim Maalouf
Screenplay by: Naomi Kawase
Production Designer: Setsuko Shirakawa
Sound Production: Roman Dymny, Boris Chapelle
Radiance (Hikari)
Part of the World Perspectives Strand
The always-absorbing films from acclaimed Japanese director Naomi Kawase are united in their sense of delicate insight. Her astute and thoughtful new film Radiance dwells on the relationship between Misako (Ayame Misake), a young woman who writes film audio descriptions for the visually impaired, and photographer Nakamori (Masatoshi Nagase), who has deteriorating eyesight and sits on an advisory panel. The film offers views on both visual and verbal interpretation, and focuses on the delicate and complex beauty of both methods.