Itchan and Satchan

Takayuki Fukata studied filmmaking at Zokei University in Tokyo. He directed his first short film, One Morning, before his first feature, Forgotten Planets, presented at Entrevues in 2018. He was Ryusuke Hamaguchi's assistant on Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and is one of the founders of Movie Theater Floating on The Sea, which presents films by young Japanese filmmakers.

 

NOTICE OF THE SELECTION COMITEE 

The places we inhabit are the keepers of our inner lives. Takayuki Fukata delves his two characters–two sisters–into their family home to explore extensively the complexity of their relationship. Through a riveting off-screen game of ellipses and solences, with each and every room, the director further penetrates the intimacy that binds these two sisters together. At first playful and light, Itchan and Satchan progressively evolves into a mystery as Takayuki Fukata strives to confuse the viewers…

Claire-Emmanuelle Blot