Inuyashiki

Year: 2018
Country: Japan
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Cast: Noritake Kinashi, Nayuta Fukuzaki, Mari Hamada, Kanata Hongô, Yûsuke Iseya, Ayaka Miyoshi
Genre: drama, thriller
Runtime: 127 min.
Age: 16+

What is the basis of human nature - good or evil?

Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichirou stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there's something... different about himself. However, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichirou needs to take a new lease on life and now it seems like there's nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before... unless, that is, there was someone else out there with these same changes.

Awards & Festivals:

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Science-Fiction and Thriller Films — participation
Catalonian International Film Festival — participation