Private Project

Firing the Lighter Gun

In the not-too-distant future, a nuclear accident occurs in the countryside. However, life continues without change in the neighboring town. There, Tatsuya works for the yakuza and forces decontamination laborers to work in the exclusion zone.
He tries to get on the yakuza Otaki's good side, but it doesn't work out because of his lack of ruthlessness. Tatsuya’s best friend Ryo is released from prison, and Mari, a migrant sex worker, move into Tatsuya's house. With nowhere to go, this trio gradually opens up to each other, but their relationship changes due to a suicide.
Ryo awakens to violence and is favored by Otaki and given a job. Tatsuya must make a choice.

  • Kohei Sanada
    Director
    Shin Shin Shin, Sayonara Family
  • Kohei Sanada
    Writer
    Shinshinshin, Sayonara Family
  • Yuya Okutsu
    Key Cast
    "Tatsuya"
    Shin Shin Shin
  • Yu Nakamura
    Key Cast
    "Ryo"
  • Anju Kurosu
    Key Cast
    "Mari"
    Nunchak Soul
  • Hiroki Matsui
    Director of Photography
  • Gen Takahashi
    Recording
  • Hiroyuki Nagashima
    Music
  • Norihiro Iimori
    Art
  • Satoshi Noboriyama
    Assistant Director
  • Kori
    Hair and Makeup
  • Mami Miyago
    Production Manager
  • Koichi Kawano
    Film Festival Submission Coordinator
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 57 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    7,000,000 JPY
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • CAMERA JAPAN Festival
    Rotterdam
    Netherlands
    September 22, 2023
    INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Distribution Information
  • Cinemago
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Kohei Sanada

Born in 1984. His hometown is Ishikawa Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant is located. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and Media. Director, script, editorial editor.

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Director Statement

I grew up in a town next to a nuclear power plant. When the Fukushima nuclear accident occurred at the Great East Japan Earthquake, I felt that it might have happened in my hometown. Now in Japan, ordinary life goes on as if nothing has happened despite the accident, yet the lives, homes, and dignity of those who were left behind by society are sacrificed. I would like to explore the transience and horror of human beings by depicting the struggle of those who have been trampled upon, at the edges of the world.