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CHANTO TSUTAERU (2009)

Original Title: Chanto Tsutaeru
English Title: Be Sure To Share
Genre: Drama
Format: 35mm / 108min / Color
Year of Production: 2009
Release Date (Japan): August 22, 2009
Production Company: U's Films, Circus, Nation, Grand Marble, My Side, Happinet, For Peace
Director: Sion Sono
Producers: Yasushi Umemura
Screenplay: Sion Sono
Director of Photography: Shogo Ueno (J.S.C.)
Music: Tomohide Harada
Main Cast: AKIRA, Eiji Okuda

Synopsis

Facing the death of his respected but fearful father, Shiro starts to realize what his old man really meant in his life for the first time, and starts to enjoy the time together. One day, however, Shiro learns about his own tumor and his condition being worse than the father's. Not wanting to make his father suffer any more than now, the son never tells a soul about his own ending life to anybody. Keeping his secret on his own, he even starts to wish the father to go off earlier.

About the Director

Sono became known for his short film, "Ore wa Sono Sion Da!!" at Pia Film Festival in 1985. Since then, his works are sought after around the world: "Strange Circus" (2005) won Berlinale Readers Award at Berlin, and Don Quijote Prize and Special Mention at Karlovy Vary for "Noriko's Dinner Table" (2005). His latest work, "Love Exposure" (2009) won Caligari Film Award and FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin.

Sales Company

GAGA CORPORATION
Contact: Haruko Watanabe
Email: intl@gaga.co.jp
Phone: +81-50-5810-1356
www.gaga.co.jp

About the Sales Company

Founded in 1986, GAGA CORPORATION is a leading independent distributor in Japan, dedicated to theatrical distribution and marketing, video and TV distribution, and international sales. It excels in its promotional ability in the industry, and puts its effort to enhance the web and mobile promotion power in recent years.

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