My Sunshine | |
Director: | Hiroshi Okuyama |
Producer: | Toshikazu Nishigaya |
Starring: | Keitatsu Koshiyama Kiara Nakanishi Sosuke Ikematsu |
Music: | Humbert Humbert |
Cinematography: | Hiroshi Okuyama |
Editing: | Hiroshi Okuyama |
Studio: | Tokyo Theaters |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
My Sunshine (Japanese: ぼくのお日さま, Boku No Ohisama) is a Japanese drama film, directed by Hiroshi Okuyama and released in 2024.[1]
My Sunshine centres on Takuya (Koshiyama) and Sakura (Nakanishi), a young boy and girl who are training together as ice dancers under the tutelage of Arakawa (Ikematsu), a gay figure skating coach.[2]
To garner natural performances, Okuwaya did not provide a script to the film's young actors prior to filming. Actors were given the bare minimum dialogue once on set and asked to improvise the rest of their lines.[3] [4]
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival,[5] where it was named as a nominee for the Queer Palm.[6]
Pete Hammond of Deadline characterized My Sunshine as a "quiet and lilting charmer of a coming-of-age story."
Award | Ceremony date | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Cannes Film Festival | 24 May 2024 | Un Certain Regard | My Sunshine | ||
25 May 2024 | Queer Palm | [7] |