Brand New Landscape

見はらし世代

Yuiga DANZUKA

Quinzaine 2025 | Feature film | 115 min | Japan |

World premiere | Film in competition for the Caméra d'Or Award

In the ever-changing landscape of redeveloping Shibuya, Tokyo, Ren works as a delivery driver for moth orchids. Haunted by the childhood loss of his mother, Yumiko, to suicide, he has long been estranged from his father, Hajime, a landscape designer. One day, during a routine delivery, Ren unexpectedly comes face to face with Hajime…

Artistic & technical sheet

Contacts

With

Kurosaki Kodai (Takano Ren), Endo Kenichi (Takano Hajime), Igawa Haruka (Takano Yumiko), Kiryu Mai (Takano Emi),Kikuchi Akiko (Maki), Nakamura Aoi (Ando Akira), Nakayama Shingo (Takuya), Yoshioka Mutsuo (Hirata), Su Yuchun (Zhāng), Hattori Misaki (Natsuki), Ishida Riko (young Emi), Arao Rintaro (young Ren)

Screenplay

Danzuka Yuiga

Sound

Iwasaki Kanshi

Music

Teranishi Ryo

Photography

Furuya Koichi

Editing

Majima Uichi

Production design

Nonogaki Satoshi

Born in Tokyo in 1998, Yuiga studied at Keio University’s Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, later graduating from the Film School of Tokyo, where he studied under Kunitoshi Manda and screenwriter Takashi Ujita. In 2022, he wrote and directed a short film Far, Far Away for the ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project.

Brand New Landscape is his debut feature, making him the youngest Japanese director ever to be featured in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes.