Film

The Leading Hand

1996 · 30m

With 'her', you'll be fine.

Rotten Tomatoes

69%

Signals like the moon, streetlights like stars. The camera warmly captures the winter night roads, and the director's eye is also that of a director looking at two people who are more than friends but less than lovers. When Sakai chooses what is most important to him without hesitation, i.e. when he accepts the responsibility of loving her, the period in which she "had chosen" to leave him gives the story a deeper depth. A film that uses unrealistic motifs but depicts the birth of happiness in a sufficiently realistic way.

• Masahiro MuramatsuDirector · Editor
• Toshimi TakehanaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

30m

Rated

G