Narrative Features — International
After the Song2026
Film Festival2026 EDITION
About the film
Narrative feature
- Director
- Ryohei KUMAMOTO
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 92 min 58 sec
- Language
- Japanese
Official trailer
Film stills
5 STILLSSynopsis
Fourteen-year-old Kiita grows up surrounded by music on Mukaishima Island, where his blind mother Hanae runs a music school. Changes in his voice and feelings distance him from the singing his mother loves. Trying to seem older, he increasingly loses his sense of self. Unable to find answers about his father, Kiita secretly leaves home to meet the man who abandoned him as a child.
Festivals and awards
Credits
- Director
- Ryohei KUMAMOTO
- Writing
- Atsuki TOMORI
- Producers
- Hidetaka INOUE, Kousuke OKAMURA
- Cast
- Ruhito OOKURA, Yuka ITAYA, Motoki FUKAMI
Director
Ryohei KUMAMOTO
Ryohei KUMAMOTO
Ryohei Kumamoto was born in 1990 and graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. Since 2015, he has worked at AOI Pro. directing commercials and music videos. His projects have been recognised at Cannes Lions, ADFEST and the London International Awards. He also directs television drama.
Screening times will be announced later.