IT FEELS SO GOOD
by HARUHIKO ARAI
Written by Haruhiko Arai / From the novel Kako no Futari by Kazufumi Shiraishi / Photography Kôichi Kawakami / Editing Chieko Suzaki / Starring Tasuku Emoto e Kumi Takiuchi / Produced by Takashi Tanabe and Ryô Yukizane
Japan 2019 / 115′
V.O. sub. ITA
first screening
After having lost his job and wife, Kenji moves back to Akita, the town in the north of Japan where he was born and there he meets Naoko, an old friend of his who is also back in town for her upcoming wedding. However, their reunion goes upside down when they find an old photo album, which brings back to memory the passionate relationship they had when they were teenagers. Kenji and Naoko cannot resist and very soon surrender to the love that had deeply involved them in the past. Only for five days though, until Naoko’s bridegroom, a soldier currently on mission, will be back for the wedding.
DIRECTOR
Born in Tokyo in 1974, Haruhiko Araistarted his career as a screenwriter for the cinema in 1979 when he worked with directors such as Ryūichi Hiroki and Junji Sakamoto.
In 1997, he made his debut as a director with ‘Body and Soul’, returning to the same topic 24 years later with ‘It Feels So Good’ (2020), a feature film which has won the prize for best film at the Jeonju International Film Festival and the Kinema Junpo Prize for best leading actress to Kumi Takiuchi.
© Jolefilm, 2019