Rei

Rei (2024)

Drama

The title of Tanaka Toshihiko’s ambitious exploration of human relationships is polysemous. A genderless given name, the kanji character can similarly represent a variety of meanings. As such, it’s the perfect symbol for this portrait of early thirtysomething company employee Matsushita Hikari. Her life is stable and seemingly without worry, unlike many of those around her. But it’s through their struggles that they find their counterparts in life – the balance in relationships that steadies them. Hikari lacks this ballast and this begins to worry her. However, on a trip into the mountains of Hokkaido she encounters a Deaf landscape photographer, Masato. Through him Hikari embarks on a journey that will transform her sense of being and connectedness with the world.

Director: Toshihiko Tanaka

Casts

	Takara Suzuki as Matsushita Hikari
	Toshihiko Tanaka as Masato Uchimi
	Maeko Oyama as Asami Kimoto
	Shogo Moriyama as Kohei Kimoto
	Ikeda Akio as Shinya Sato
	Katsumata Keita as Mitsuru Takeda
	Mayu Tano as Rie Shiratani
	Ryuji Uchida as Daisuke Utsumi
	Tsukiyama Manyumi as Satomi Utsumi
	Takashi Yano as

Crew