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Michiko

"MICHIKO" coarse muscle
Ryo Sukagawa and Michiko's pure love story

Michiko struggled to graduate from Akita junior college and worked in Tokyo to master English. Michiko worked in English with international organizations such as the United Nations and UNICEF,
She was thinking of serving the world's children
And when she was a student, she went to India for a study trip,
Indian Preschoolers Support Organization (NGO)
Meet with Khan, the representative.
On the other hand, Ryo Sukagawa was born into a wealthy family and had a comfortable life. After working at a famous university, Sukagawa joined a certain prestigious general contractor with his parent's connection, and was in a modest position as Deputy General Manager, Planning Department, Overseas Business Department.

And he met Michiko and got married. A few years later, Michiko developed schizophrenia due to her serious personality, and she began to spend days admitted and discharged repeatedly.
While Sukagawa nurses such Michiko,
Difficulty in healing Michiko's illness deep inside
Feeling, he felt helpless to be able to cure my wife.
And Michiko commits suicide.
Sukagawa continues Michiko's will and makes a new decision to depart for India to support the children.

  • Ryo Kagawa
    Director
  • Ryo Kagawa
    Writer
  • Makoto Saito
    Writer
  • Ryo Kagawa
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    祈りの花
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    romance, drama
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    500,000 JPY
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    English, Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    MP4
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ryo Kagawa

Ryo Kagawa

Born in 1955 at Tokyo
Born in an artist's family
Father is a painter
Mother is a writer
He suffers from polio at the age of three.
Upon graduating from university, he was admitted to a mental hospital with schizophrenia.
Completed healing after 30 years of rehabilitation.
After that, he started art activities. Selected twice as a publicly invited exhibition (sanki ten exhibition) at the National Art Center, Tokyo for computer graphics painting.
Selected for the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art Photo Exhibition(sougou syashin ten)
Expressing the experience of a mental hospital and entering the current independent filmmaking.
In addition, in Rajasthan, India, he is carrying out activities to support preschoolers with Indian friends.

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Director Statement

I want to express human affection and the way people live through movies. And I wanted to have the courage to live, no matter how difficult the situation was, and I started making films.
My motto is love, honesty, friendship. I want to value this and express the movie.