Underplayed Gems

Fourteen (2007)

Fourteen poster
Original title
14歳
Directed by
Hiromasa Hirosue
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman who committed a crime at age 14 and the classmate who witnessed it meet again as 26-year-olds. She becomes a middle school teacher while he starts tutoring a boy on piano, and both are forced to confront their own pasts and the troubled lives of the teenagers they encounter.

melancholicreflectiveslow-burnintrospectivequiettensesomberunsettlingbittersweet

What happens

『14歳』は、2007年製作の日本映画。第16回PFFスカラシップ作品。 アルバトロス・フィルムが宣伝協力をしている。 2007年のロッテルダム国際映画祭でNETPAC賞(最優秀アジア映画賞)をJu-yon-sai (2006) –Awards-(IMDb.com)、2008年に芸術選奨新人賞を受賞した。 14歳の時に罪を犯した深津綾と、その現場を見てしまった同級生の杉野浩一は、26歳になって再会する。中学校の教師になった深津は、教え子の一原知恵に憎まれてしまい、特技のピアノを生かして雨宮大樹という少年にピアノを教えるアルバイトを始めた杉野は、大樹と彼の母の歪んだ関係を目の当たりにする。ふたりは、それぞれが14歳という存在と向き合わざるを得なくなっていく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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