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Memorizu

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Yuta arrives at a remote rural town in the island of Kyushu to take care of his fastidious father-in-law Makoto, a photographer recovering from a leg fracture. While assisting at Makoto's traditional photo studio, where portraits are carefully composed to endure, Yuta stays connected to his wife Yuki and daughter Hana in Tokyo through spontaneous and casual smartphone videos. As Yuta settles into the comfortable flow of his new countryside rhythm, he starts noticing and documenting routine tasks and exciting fragments of his daily life. These little details accumulate and gather emotional weight, revealing a family shaped as much by distance and absence as by presence, in an intimate reflection on memory, time, and the fragile act of preserving everyday life.

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Alex Papaioannou InSession Film 1d
B-
Despite the methodical pace of Memorizu occasionally serving as a disconnect for its audience, its essential thesis remains everlastingly beautiful. Go to Full Review Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Movie Buff 3d
B+
This gentle Japanese drama treats casual recordings and carefully posed portraits as different ways of preserving love before it slips into memory. Go to Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Cinencuentro 4d
4/5
It raises questions about memory, the role of photos—whether analog or digital—in creating memories, the importance of small actions and family, and life and death. [Full review in Spanish]. Go to Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome 4d
In its gentle, wholehearted approach to the fallacy of memories, Memorizu has constructed a film that celebrates humans for their insatiable desire to remember everything. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 4d
6.5
A gentle and introspective work, "Memorizu" captures the quiet beauty of everyday life while exploring memory, distance, and the enduring bonds of family. Go to Full Review Ema Sasic Next Best Picture 5d
7/10
The film feels like a warm hug as it reminds us to slow down, take it all in, and preserve as many memories as we can, whether through our own quiet experiences or ones we share with others. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Miiku Sakanishi

Director

Tasuku Emoto

Yuta

Issei Ogata

Makoto

Moeka Hoshi

Yuki

Yû Kashii

Shiori

Masayo Umezawa

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Synopsis Yuta arrives at a remote rural town in the island of Kyushu to take care of his fastidious father-in-law Makoto, a photographer recovering from a leg fracture. While assisting at Makoto's traditional photo studio, where portraits are carefully composed to endure, Yuta stays connected to his wife Yuki and daughter Hana in Tokyo through spontaneous and casual smartphone videos. As Yuta settles into the comfortable flow of his new countryside rhythm, he starts noticing and documenting routine tasks and exciting fragments of his daily life. These little details accumulate and gather emotional weight, revealing a family shaped as much by distance and absence as by presence, in an intimate reflection on memory, time, and the fragile act of preserving everyday life.
Director
Miiku Sakanishi
Producer
Masato Date, Yoshiho Fukuoka, Tomoo Tsuchii
Screenwriter
Miiku Sakanishi
Production Co
Little More Co.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 37m