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‘Drive My Car’ Producer Backs First Feature from Sakamoto Yukari
Producer Yamamoto Teruhisa, known for the Oscar-winning "Drive My Car," is backing 'White Flowers and Fruits,' the debut feature from Sakamoto Yukari.
Producer Yamamoto Teruhisa, best known for the Oscar-winning “ Drive My Car,” is throwing his weight behind “ White Flowers and Fruits,” the debut feature from emerging Japanese director Sakamoto Yukari. “I especially want young people who feel pressured by society to conform to a standardized way of life and struggle with a sense of discomfort or alienation to watch this film,” Yamamoto noted about the target audience. Yamamoto’s producing credits include “Drive My Car” (2021), which won best screenplay at Cannes and best international feature at the Academy Awards, along with “Birds Without Names” (2017), “Asako I & II” (2018), and “Wife of a Spy” (2020).
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