Tuesday 9 March 2021

Tracing Her Shadow

Movie: Tracing Her Shadow / Seeing Nara Again
Chinese Title: 又见奈良 / You Jian Nai Liang

Release Date: March 19, 2021

Language: Mandarin
Director: Peng Fei
Screenwriter: Peng Fei
Chief Producer: Kawase Naomi, Jia Zhangke
Origin: China / Japan

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

An elderly Chinese woman whose granddaughter has gone for studies abroad takes the chance to go to Japan to find her adopted daughter, a returned war orphan whom she has lost contact with for many years. A retired police officer and a second-generation orphan steps in to assist in her transnational search for family.

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, a large number of Japanese orphans were adopted by families in Northeast China. With the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries in the 1970s and 1980s, many orphans returned home including Lihua, the adopted daughter of Chen Huiming (Wu Yanshu). In 2005, Grandma Chen who is nearly 80 years old has not received a return letter from her adopted daughter for a long time so she decides to embark on a long journey to Nara, Japan.

Fun Facts

Filming lasted from November 3, 2019 to November 28, 2019.
It was shot in Gose, Japan.
It was shortlisted for the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival and received a special screening at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival.

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