Kenji YAMAUCHI
Her Father, My Lover
友だちのパパが好き
Nippon Visions ½
A young woman falling in love with her best friend’s father: that sounds like a well-known plot. However, Kenji YAMAUCHI presents this story with a distanced and ironic twist. When Maya tells Taeko: “I like your Dad”, she lays the foundation for a dramatic course of events. And didn’t Dad actually have other plans than beginning an affair with a twenty-year-old?
友だちのパパが好き
Tomodachi no papa ga suki
Japan 2015
105 minutes
Production
Geek Pictures
World sales
Emi UEYAMA
Cast
Mitsuru FUKIKOSHI, Yukino KISHII, Wako ANDO, Kei ISHIBASHI, Kami HIRAIWA
About Kenji YAMAUCHI
Kenji YAMAUCHI, born in Tokyo in 1958, started his career in the film business as a scriptwriter in 1983. After writing for numerous TV productions during the 1990s, he switched to theater in 2004 and founded his own ensemble in 2006. He has already staged a number of successful plays. AT THE TERRACE is his third feature film and received much acclaim at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.