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Happyend is a 2024 Japanese-American drama film, written and directed by Neo Sora. It stars Kurihara Hayato, Hidaka Yukito, Ayumu Nakajima, Makiko Watanabe and Shirō Sano.
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Directed by | Neo Sora |
Written by | Neo Sora |
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Cinematography | Bill Kirstein |
Edited by | Albert Tholen |
Music by | Lia Ouyang Rusli |
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Running time | 113 minutes[1] |
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Language | Japanese |
It had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2024, in the Orizzonti section, and was released in Japan on October 4, 2024, by Bitters End.
Set in near-future Tokyo, two best friends are about to graduate high school, while threats of an earthquake looms. One night, they pull a prank on their principal, leading to a surveillance system being installed. They respond in contrasting ways.[2]
In August 2020, it was announced Neo Sora would direct the film then titled Earthquake from a screenplay he wrote.[3] The film was selected for the 2022 Sundance Institute Screenwriting and Directing labs.[4]
It had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2024, in the Orizzonti section.[5] Prior to, Metrograph Pictures acquired US distribution rights to the film.[6] It will also screen at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2024.[7][8] and the 2024 New York Film Festival.[9][10] It is scheduled to be released in Japan on October 4, 2024, by Bitters End.[11]
It was also invited at the 29th Busan International Film Festival in 'Special program in focus' Teenage Minds, Teenage Movies section and it will be screened there in October 2024.[12] The film will make its South Asia premiere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 in the World Cinema section.[13]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 2024 | Best Film | Happyend | Pending | [14] |
Best Screenplay | Neo Sora | Pending | |||
BFI London Film Festival | 2024 | Sutherland Trophy | Pending | [15] | |
Pingyao International Film Festival | 2024 | Roberto Rossellini Jury Award | Won | [16] | |
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | 2024 | NETPAC Award | Happyend | Pending | [17] |
Venice Film Festival | 2024 | Orizzonti | Neo Sora | Nominated | [1] |
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