The Summer Days with Catfish (2025) (Directed by: Kyuya Nakagawa)
【STORY】
Tatsuo is reunited with his old friend Tetsuya at the graveside of a friend who died in junior high school, and he and Yui, a former co-worker at his part-time job, spend a few days during their summer vacation in a local country town. While staying at the dormitory of the ailing factory where Tatsuo’s father serves as president, they interact with Vietnamese trainees who work there and come to confront their own pasts.
Producer: Katsunori Miyanishi, Kyuya Nakagawa / Director: Kyuya Nakagawa / Writing: Etsuo Hiratani, Kyuya Nakagaya
Cinematography: Sukjoo Kim / Lighting: Takaho Ichikawa / Recording: Moe Yokoyama / Assistant director: Yosuke Kunitani / Production Coordinator: Nobuhiro Amano
Stylist: Anna Tominaga / Hair & makeup: Rina Kuwahara / Art: Fumika Hasa / VFX: Tsuyoshi Shoji
Still phopo: Aiko Nakano / Colorist: Yuka Obuchi / Action Coordinator: Ainosuke Shibata
Second unit director: Amane Sato / Second unit shooting: Satoshi Takizawa
Hair & makeup assistant: Yuna Nakahara / Production support: Hirohito Takino / Production Cooperation: Ryo Ushimaru, Isao Tahara
Assistant director apprentice: Sota Nito / Vehicle support: Ryunosuke Matsushita, Yuji Miyashita / Music: Kazuaki Yoshimura
Theme song “By the river” Singing, lyrics and composition: Saho Terao
Production: FABTONE / Production Compajy: Power Arts Production
■Cast
Yuto Nakayama / Yura Kano / Ayumu Matsuyama / Hirobumi Watanabe / Hidetoshi Kawaya
Nguyen Thi Giang / Nguyen Van Bao / Tatsuhiro Yamaoka
Yota Kawase / Shinya Nishio / Minami Kobayashi / Yoichi Okamura / Mari Hayashida / Jiro Takasaki / Naomi Sei / Manako / Asumi Hiraoka / Yuki Ose / Takahiro Hosoya / Ainosuke Shibata
★This movie was shot in Otawara!
Running time: 86 minutes
Director: Kyuya Nakagawa
Born in Kyoto in 1979. Graduated from School of Visual Arts TOKYO. In addition to directing, he is also active as a recording engineer and producer.
He made his directorial debut with “Today’s Cat Situation” (2008), in which popular voice actress Aya Hirano provided the voice and sang the theme song. His 2019 short film “The Mantis Night,” which predicts the assassination of Shinzo Abe, won THE WORLD’S BEST SELF-FUNDED FILM at the Cine Pobre FIlm Festival in Chile, the Grand Prize at the Place M Film Festival, FIXION The film was also selected as one of the four best Asian short films at the Fantastic & Horror Festival.
【SELETCTED FILMOGRAPHY】
■本日の猫事情／Today’s Cat Situation（2008）
■カマキリの夜／The Mantis Night（2019）
■あ・く・あ ~ふたりだけの部屋／A-QU-A Room for two（2021）
■キリエのうた／Kyrie（2023）：Recording