Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus (2025)

Drama

Taciturn Yuki is our prickly protagonist. An 18-year-old who served time at a juvenile reformatory, after returning to the care of his father,his longing for a mother he barely knew and his frustrations push him to leave home and retrace his memories to a mountain forest where his aunt Noriko lives at a mountain campsite. It was there, as a child, that Yuki witnessed a creature he couldn’t identify amidst the trees at dawn, something which left him sensitive to the various presences in the world. It is there he hopes that reconnecting with his past may bring a sense of peace. Meanwhile, Noriko and the other adults around him become increasingly frustrated trying to understand what Yuki is thinking.

Director: Yoshinori Sato

Casts

	Mariko Tsutsui as
	Mansaku Takada as
	Yukihiro Nishiyama as
	Chikara Tokunaga as
	Miko Nakazawa as

Crew