Sayonara (2015 film)

Sayonara
Sayonara
	Poster
Japanese name
Kanji	さようなら
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Sayōnara
Directed by	Kōji Fukada
Screenplay by	Kōji Fukada
Based on	a play by Oriza Hirata
Produced by	Keisuke Konishi; Hiroyuki Onogawa; Kōji Fukada; Bryerly Long
Starring	Bryerly Long; Geminoid F
Cinematography	Akiko Ashizawa
Edited by	Naohiro Urabe; Koji Fukada
Music by	Hiroyuki Onogawa
Production; companies	Phantom Film; K&AG; Tokyo Garage; AtomX; Addix; Letre; Katsu-do
Release dates	October 2015 (TIFF); November 21, 2015 (Japan);
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese; English; French; German

Sayonara (Japanese: さようなら, Hepburn: Sayōnara, lit. "Goodbye") is a 2015 Japanese film written and directed by Kōji Fukada and based on a play by Oriza Hirata. Starring Bryerly Long and Geminoid F, the film was promoted as "the first movie to feature a Gynoid performing opposite a human actor".^[3] It premiered in October 2015 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and was scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.^[4]^[3]

Cast[edit]

Bryerly Long as Tanya^[1]
Geminoid F^[1]
Hirofumi Arai^[1]
Makiko Murata^[1]
Nijirō Murakami^[1]
Yukio Kibiki^[1]
Jérôme Kircher^[1]
Irene Jacob^[1]
Noémie Nakai

Release[edit]

The world premiere of the film was in October 2015, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.^[3] The film was then released in Japan on November 21, 2015.^[4]

Reception[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "dreary study of human-robot relations [that] offers little to engage apart from its pretty scenery."^[2]

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "dark, hopeless and pretty depressing [...] post-apocalyptic Japanese mood piece".^[1]

Accolades[edit]

The film was in competition at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Deborah Young (October 24, 2015). "'Sayonara': Tokyo Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Peter Debruge (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo Film Review: 'Sayonara'". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d James Hadfield (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo: 'Sayonara' Filmmakers Debate Future of Robot Actors". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "さようなら(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)
Sayônara at IMDb

[Young-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Deborah Young (October 24, 2015). "'Sayonara': Tokyo Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

[Debruge-2] Peter Debruge (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo Film Review: 'Sayonara'". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

[Hadfield-3] James Hadfield (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo: 'Sayonara' Filmmakers Debate Future of Robot Actors". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

[allcinema-4] "さようなら(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

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