Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Ishii Yuya completed his new work ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER SAID, the first film launched under B2B (“Back to Basics”) co-organized by The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and  Heaven Pictures Hong Kong.

Starring Nakano Taiga and Wakaba Ryuya as two good friends who pursue their music dreams and the same woman, the film whirls into romantic complications, leading to contemplation about life, love and death.

Genre: Fiction
Language: Japanese
Length: 91 min
Country: Japan
Production Year: 2020

Director

ISHII Yuya

ISHII Yuya was born in 1983 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He attended Osaka University of the Arts, where his graduation film Bare-assed Japan (2005) won the Grand Prize at the 2007 Pia Film Festival. He was the first recipient of the Edward Yang New Talent Award at the 2nd Asian Film Awards in 2008.

Selected Filmography

The Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
The Vancouver Asahi (2014)
Our Family (2014)
The Great Passage (2013)
A Man with Style (2011)
Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
Sawako Decides (2009)
To Walk Beside You (2009)

Cast

Cast :  OSHIMA Yuko , NAKANO Taiga, WAKABA Ryuya

Festival Screening

2020  Busan International Film Festival (World Premiere)
2020  PIA Film Festival
2021  The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival