Evil Does Not Exist
In a secluded, snowy mountain village, widower and single father Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) leads a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for a friend’s udon shop. Yet this peaceful existence is threatened when a pair of corporate reps (Ryuji Kosaka and Ayaka Shibutani) arrive to launch a glamping site, sparking resistance from community members who fear the project’s potentially pernicious impact on the environment. When Takumi—a respected local figure—is offered the conciliatory role of site caretaker, it becomes unclear where his loyalties lie. Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s much-anticipated follow-up to his Academy Award–winning Drive My Car, is a haunting, suspenseful meditation on humankind’s thorny relationship with nature, consumerism, and itself. Inspired by a collaboration with composer Eiko Ishibashi, the director showcases his masterful command of pacing and atmosphere to uncover the destructive forces lurking beneath the thin veneer of civilization.
Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Trailer
INCLUDES
- Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Trailer
Cast
- Hitoshi Omika
- Takumi
- Ryo Nishikawa
- Hana
- Ryuji Kosaka
- Takahashi
- Ayaka Shibutani
- Mayuzumi
- Hazuki Kikuchi
- Sachi
- Hiroyuki Miura
- Kazuo
- Yuto Torii
- Tatsuki
- Taijiro Tamura
- Suruga
Credits
- Director
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Writer
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Music
- Eiko Ishibashi
- Producer
- Satoshi Takata
- Cinematographer
- Yoshio Kitagawa
- Editor
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Editor
- Azusa Yamazaki
- Production designer
- Masato Nunobe
- Sound mixer
- Izumi Matsuno
- Executive producer
- Sho Harada
- Executive producer
- Katsumi Tokuyama
- Original concept
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Original concept
- Eiko Ishibashi
Trailer for Evil Does Not Exist
