Yoko

2022

Yoko has spent decades living without direction, cut off from her ambitions and her family. When her father’s death forces her onto a journey back to her hometown, a series of chance encounters slowly begin to unravel the emotional distance she’s carried. As memories and visions of her father surface, her journey becomes a quiet but profound awakening in this long-awaited reunion between Rinko Kikuchi and director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri.
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Director

Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Cast

Rinko Kikuchi , Joe Odagiri

Subtitles

English

By being able to rely on such a talented actress as Rinko Kikuchi, Kumakiri is able to fully realize his artistic vision and affect the spectator as intended. Rinko Kikuchi fully embodies her character and enables the spectator to feel Yoko’s fragile emotional rhythm.

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Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s minimalism serves as a powerful tool to heighten the emotional odyssey that spectators embark upon, while following Yoko’s feats. This road movie will stir hearts by reminding that there is no deadline to prove ourselves worthy.