Amiko
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Director: Yôko Yamanaka
2022 / 66min / DCP
Yamanaka was only a few years older than the eponymous teenage protagonist of her debut feature when it began making the international festival rounds, and her microbudget miracle Amiko radiates with the agitated rambunctiousness of rebellious youth. Bored stiff by life in Nagano (Yamanaka’s own hometown), cynical high schooler Amiko’s lone comfort is nurturing her crush on classmate Aomi from a distance—so when he drops out and moves to Tokyo with a former student who Amiko particularly despises, she lights off after him, enraged at his betrayal of her carefully maintained fantasy. “Perfectly evokes the subtle cruelties of high school and the way in which teenage hierarchies function… An extremely self-assured and engaging debut.” —Another Gaze
Q&A with director Yôko Yamanaka moderated by Jawni Han on Saturday, May 17th
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