Synopsis
My Sunshine (ぼくのお日さま, 2024) is a Japanese drama you can watch online on iFILM. Takuya is a quiet boy with a stutter and little talent for hockey. But he can't take his eyes off Sakura, a figure skater, so he trades his hockey skates for a chance to be near her.
A coach named Arakawa spots the clumsy newcomer on the ice and offers to teach him. What grows from there is a delicate winter triangle — boy, girl and mentor — about a first crush, an unlikely friendship and how hard it is to be yourself when the words won't come out right. Sosuke Ikematsu plays Arakawa. Hiroshi Okuyama directs, and also shot and edited the film, which gives it that whole, intimate, hand-made feel.
The picture screened in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on film and in no hurry, it favors snow, frosted breath and long takes where almost nothing is said aloud. One for viewers who love tender, slow-burn coming-of-age stories in the Japanese arthouse vein. Stream My Sunshine (2024) online on iFILM.
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