:quality(50)/cloudfront-ap-northeast-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sankei/WQPU7YA6O5LH3OAHZVFKDP7CIM.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1 "Director Yokohama Satoko’s “The Road to the Seaside” Awarded Special Award for Children’s Works Category Berlin Film Festival")
On the 22nd (23rd Japan time), the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s three major film festivals, “Generation K Plus,” directed by Yokohama Satoko, will feature “The Road to the Seaside,” a collection of works aimed at children. He received a special award from an international judge in the category.
At the awards ceremony, director Yokohama said, “Humor sometimes saves people’s disconnection and despair. I was happy to see the audience laughing.
The film is set in a town where artists gather, and is a story about a junior high school student (Harada Konosuke) working with eccentric adults and growing up. It will be released in Japan this summer. (Joint)
Source: Japanese