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The Brothers Kitaura

Director: Masaki TSUJINO
Cast: Masaaki NAKANO, Hirota OHTSUKA, Taka TAKAO, Yorie YAMASHITA, Man KATO

Genre: Dark Comedy

Theatrical Release in Japan: Summer 2025
[2024 / Color / 4K / Stereo / 94 min. / Japanese with English subtitles]

[Festival Record]

Winner: Best Picture of Critics' Picks Competition 2024 / The 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Sigmund Freud, who says “The death of the father is the birth of culture,” would have loved this dark and funny dark comedy about father-killing.

[Synopsis]

Souta is living a reclusive and lazy life at home under the care of his father, an art teacher. A petty argument with his father leads to his father's murder. Souta, unsure of what to do, contacts his younger brother Akira, who is in a tight spot because of his own failure. The two men, despite their mutual opposition, try to find a solution to the situation, but the situation takes a turn for the worse.

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©︎"Kitaura Kyodai" Production Committee

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