Harmonium

Family man Toshio leads a quiet life with wife Akie and daughter Hotaru. When his old friend Yasaka is released from prison, he takes him in. Yasaka gets work in Toshio's workshop and shelter in his house. At first he fits in well with the family and can even talk to Akie about his past. However, he increasingly interferes in the family's affairs. "This tale approaches a family’s flawed construct with the critical seriousness of Robert Bresson or Fukada’s compatriot Nagisa Oshima." (Variety)

Keywords

  • Asia
  • Cannes: Un Certain Regard
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Film Fest Gent (home)
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Japanese Cinema
  • Just released
  • World Cinema
  • family
  • friendship

Actors

  • Tadanobu Asano
  • Kana Mahiro
  • Mariko Tsutsui
  • Takahiro Miura
  • Kanji Furutachi

Director

  • Kôji Fukada

Drama


2h


-12

JA


FR

NL

Japan
2016
Family man Toshio leads a quiet life with wife Akie and daughter Hotaru. When his old friend Yasaka is released from prison, he takes him in.

Family man Toshio leads a quiet life with wife Akie and daughter Hotaru. When his old friend Yasaka is released from prison, he takes him in.


Family man Toshio leads a quiet life with wife Akie and daughter Hotaru. When his old friend Yasaka is released from prison, he takes him in.


Yasaka gets work in Toshio's workshop and shelter in his house. At first he fits in well with the family and can even talk to Akie about his past. However, he increasingly interferes in the family's affairs.


"This tale approaches a family’s flawed construct with the critical seriousness of Robert Bresson or Fukada’s compatriot Nagisa Oshima." (Variety)

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Cast & Crew