Yukino Kishii and Zeng Jinghua Star in Sinsin and the Mouse Film Adaptation
The film adapts a Banana Yoshimoto story with a cross-border cast and a director who emphasized sensory detail, and early audience responses highlight the performances and the film's quiet, immersive quality.
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The Japan-Taiwan co-production Sinsin and the Mouse, based on Banana Yoshimoto's short story and directed by Yukinori Makabe, opens in Japanese theaters on June 26. The film follows a grieving woman who travels to Taiwan and meets a man named Sinsin, gradually finding small joys. Early viewer reactions praise the leads and the film's sensory focus on sound and imagery.
Yukino Kishii and Zeng Jinghua lead Sinsin and the Mouse, a Japan-Taiwan co-production adapting Banana Yoshimoto's short story from the collection Mitten and Fubin. Directed by Yukinori Makabe, the film follows Chizumi (Kishii), a woman carrying the loss of her mother, who travels to Taiwan and meets Sinsin (Zeng), a man with a Japanese father and Taiwanese mother. Through unremarkable conversations and the unfamiliar scenery of Taipei, Chizumi slowly begins to move again. Makabe said he could only imagine Kishii for the role, and that he pursued Zeng after seeing his work in As the Fog. The film opens nationwide in Japan on June 26.
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