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新居浜ひかり物語 青いライオン

新居浜ひかり物語 青いライオン poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

A film about a young man with autism, Yoshinari Ishimura, and his mother Yuko who worked hard to raise and support him. It mixes a dramatized story of their past with documentary footage of Yoshinari's present career as a painter of colorful animal art.

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What happens

『新居浜ひかり物語 青いライオン』(にいはまひかりものがたり あおいライオン)は、2024年11月15日に公開された日本映画。 RSK山陽放送が創立70周年記念として制作したもので、監督は三好聡浩と平松咲季。主な出演は石村嘉成が本人役を演じるほか、小林章子、檀ふみ、竹下景子。 2歳の時に自閉症と診断された石村嘉成とその療育に奮闘する母・有希子の姿を描くドラマパートと、色彩豊かな動物画で注目され、アーティストとして活躍する嘉成の現在を描くドキュメンタリーパートで構成される。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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