SEWING BOX for my daugter

2 mothers answer interview questions about their daughters.
They took completely opposite actions to their own daughters.
That was to relive their own lives over again...

In Japan, women are bound to their homes.
Discarding their own surnames to become a wife and take over the home.
The husband is called the head of the family and the wife is called the one in the home.

Although times may change, the oppression of women certainly exists.
Freeing their unfulfilled wishes through their daughters.
The everlasting stories of these women who keep dreaming.

  • Kieko IKEHATA
    Director
    Director, Writer, Camera, Edit
  • F. NOMURA
    Producer
    Producer, Camera, Edit
  • Kyoko
    Key Cast
    Act, Voice, Camera
  • Yuri
    Key Cast
    Act, Voice
  • Kazuyuki SHIMADA
    Sound
    Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    娘のための裁縫箱
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Family, Home Video, Home Movie, homevideo, homemovie, Video Art, Video, Art, Drama, Diary, Memories, Records, Portrait, 8mm, Photo, Album, Japanese, Japan, Woman, Female, Mother, Daughter
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 8mm Video, Photo
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 18e International Festival Signs of the Night - Bangkok
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    July 26, 2020
  • 18th International Festival Signs of the Night - Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 17, 2020
    SPECIAL MENTION FOR THE NIGHT AWARD
  • 18e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris
    Paris
    France
    October 24, 2020
  • 18° Festival internacional Signos da Noite - Lisboa
    Lisboa
    Portugal
    December 27, 2020
  • 18e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    March 26, 2021
Director Biography - Kieko IKEHATA

Born in 1983.
Graduated from the Nihon University College of Art Film Course.
Now university lecturer after having directed documentary TV programs.
In 2017 born the eldest daughter.
Collaborate with my mother and daughter to create works using home movies that my mother shot over 30 years ago.
Member of "Tokyo Eizo Brig." that a creator’s association of experimental films.

"To find the day of 21st" (2017):
16e Festival international Signes de Nuit Paris - Special Award,
15th International Festival Signes de Nuit Lisbonne - Special Award,
Image Forum Festival 2017,
17th Nippon Connection Film Festival... etc
"STRING FIGURE of Time" (2018):
17th International Festival Signs of the Night Bangkok - JURY AWARD... etc
"SEWING BOX for my daugter" (2020):
18th International Festival Signs of the Night Berlin - Special Award... etc

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Director Statement

I have been focusing on the "uncertainty of memory" so far.
In recent years has been creating films in collaboration with my mother.
The main material is my family's home movies my mother shot over a period of more than thirty years.
As I looked back the movies over and over, that footage became clearer than my memories.
This is a strange feeling, but in modern times where anyone can easily take video shooting, it may become normal.
It can be said that we can not believe own feelings.
In order to delve into such a very interesting theme, we are creating a story (it is nonfiction, but also fiction) based on real home movies.