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]
Sayonara | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | さようなら | ||||
| |||||
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[1] | ||||
Starring | Bryerly Long Geminoid F | ||||
Cinematography | Akiko Ashizawa[2] | ||||
Edited by | Naohiro Urabe Koji Fukada[1] | ||||
Music by | Hiroyuki Onogawa[1] | ||||
Production companies | |||||
Release dates |
| ||||
Running time | 112 minutes[2] | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Languages | Japanese English French German[2] |
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]
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]
The film was in competition at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival.[3]