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Happy Life

嬉々な生活

Indonesian Premiere

91 minutes | 2024 | Japan | Drama | 🔊 Japanese

Synopsis
Sinopsis

Junior high school student Kiki belongs to a family of five, with her father Kensuke, mother Mayumi, younger brother Ryo, and younger sister Anna. After moving from their former apartment to a housing complex, they had been happy for a time, with Kiki and her mother filling the balcony with flowers. But they lose the emotional bedrock of their family when their mother suddenly dies, changing everything.

Schedule
Jadwal

Thu, 4 Dec 2025 | 13:15 | EMPIRE XXI | Premiere

Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Yoshihiko Taniguchi

Yoshihiko Taniguchi

Directed several short films while at Osaka Visual Arts Academy’s Broadcasting and Film Department. Since graduation, Taniguchi has worked as a freelance acting instructor, on film production workshops, and as a director of corporate videos and commercials, while gaining experience on film shoots. He expanded into production with the establishment of his company, Belly Roll Film, in 2019.

Credit
Kredit
Production Companybelly roll film
ProducerHiroyuki Wada
DirectorYoshihiko Taniguchi
ScriptwriterYoshihiko Taniguchi
CinematographerKenta Kobayashi
Production DesignerYoshimi Hirai
EditorTeppei Isobe, Yoshihiko Taniguchi
Main CastChiyuri NISHIGUCHI, Sankichi KAWAMOTO
Director’s filmographyHappy Life (2024)
Notable Achievement
  • International Competition Jury Award and SKIP CITY AWARD – SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema Festival, Japan. 2024
  • Nippon Connection, Japan. 2025
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