Synopsis

17-year-old Yu lives with her sister whose lover died six months ago. Yu falls for Yosuke, who plays the same lines over and over on his guitar near a floodgate. Yu finds herself humming the song when alone. They are within reach of each other yet fear hinders them from opening up to each other or saying “I love you.” Then an unexpected accident involving Yu’s sister estranges them. 17 years later, Yosuke, now a record company salesman and Yu, also an employee of a music producing company, meet again. Will they say “I love you” at last? Ishikawa Hiroshi, who helmed < Tokyo Sora>, still shows his sensitive and delicate directing in this film. As much as the extremely minimal lines and beautifully shot images are impressive, so is the song ‘Blue Sky’ that captures the feelings of the characters. Music director Kanno Yoko creates a minimal score following the film’s silence, which reminds us of a saying of a pianist, “Without silence, there is no music.”

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이시카와 히로시

1990년부터 CF를 만들기 시작한 이시카와 감독은 섬세하고 세밀한 연출을 통해 완성된 자연스러운 영상, 특히 여성들의 일상의 한 장면을 그대로 옮겨놓은 것 같은 CF로 이름을 얻는다. 2002년 장편 데뷔작 <도쿄 소라>는 도시에서 살아가는 6명의 여성의 모습을 리얼하게 그린 작품으로, 그 해 로카르노 국제영화제와 비엔나 국제영화제에 초청되기도 했다. <좋아해>는 그의 두 번째 장편영화로 연출, 각본, 편집, 공동제작까지 겸한 작품이다.