Towards the end of Kei Ishikawa’s visually captivating new film A Pale View of Hills, Niki (Camilla Aiko) tells her mother, Etsuko (Yoh Yoshida), she shouldn’t feel guilty about leaving Japan ...

befriends single mother Sachiko (Fumi Nikaido, recently seen in FX’s “Shōgun” series) and her sullen, withdrawn pre-teen daughter Mariko. Sachiko is a glamorous, modern-minded social ...

Starring opposite Hirose, as the mysterious Sachiko, is Fumi Nikaido — clad in striking purples and pinks against muted surroundings. Experienced in portraying ice queens with a dangerous streak ...

The memories of Nagasaki in the 1950s are vivid, the colours heightened and almost hallucinatory at times – Suzu Hirose plays Etsuko as a young woman, Fumi Nikaido is her friend Sachiko.

The story follows recently married homemaker Etsuko (Suzu Hirose) in 1950s Nagasaki, whose life begins to change when she meets a forceful, mysterious woman (Fumi Nikaido) with dreams of living ...

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Towards the end of Kei Ishikawa’s visually captivating new film A Pale View of Hills, Niki (Camilla Aiko) tells her mother, ...