Evil Does Not Exist

Program:

Festival of festivals

Year:

2023

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

106’

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency’s mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that affects Takumi’s life deeply.

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Hamaguchi, a graduate of Tokyo University and Tokyo University of Arts, attracted attention in his country with the movie PASSION (2008), which he shot for his graduation.

Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film HAPPY HOUR (2015) and followed it up with ASAKO I & II (2018). In 2021, he released two films, WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY and DRIVE MY CAR; for the latter he received two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

He is the third Japanese director to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.

Filmography: Drive My Car (2021), Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021), Happy Hour (2015)

Creative team

Director

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Screenplay

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Camera

Yoshio Kitagawa

Editing

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Azusa Yamazaki

Production design