Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

Aku wa sonzai shinai (original title)

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1h 46min
Drama
01 Dec 2023 (Turkey)
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Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.

Director:

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Writers:

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Eiko Ishibashi

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Awards:

16 wins & 49 nominations.
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Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

Still of Ryô Nishikawa (II) in Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

Still of Hitoshi Omika in Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

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Cast

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	Hitoshi Omika	...	Takumi
	Ryô Nishikawa	...	Hana (as Rei Nishikawa)
	Ryûji Kosaka	...	Takahashi
	Ayaka Shibutani	...	Mayzumi
	Hazuki Kikuchi	...	Sachi
	Hiroyuki Miura	...	Kazuo
	Yûto Torii	...	Tatsuki
	Taijirô Tamura	...	Ippei Suruga
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Yoshinori Miyata	...	Akira Horiguchi
	Takuma Nagao	...	Tomonori Hasegawa
	Takako Yamamura	...	Yoshiko

Directed by

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Written by

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	...	(written by)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	...	(original concept) &
Eiko Ishibashi	...	(original concept)

Produced by

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	...	planner
Shô Harada	...	executive producer
Eiko Ishibashi	...	planner
Tomohisa Ishii	...	line producer
Satoshi Takada	...	producer
Katsumi Tokuyama	...	executive producer

Music by

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Eiko Ishibashi

Cinematography by

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Yoshio Kitagawa

Editing by

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Azusa Yamazaki

Editorial Department

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Ryôta Kobayashi

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colorist

Production Design by

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Masato Nunobe

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kaoru Endô

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assistant director

Sound Department

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Izumi Matsuno

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sound mixer / sound recordist

Visual Effects by

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Mei Hanawa	...	vfx producer: Spade&Co.
Kazuyori Kosaka	...	vfx supervisor: Spade&Co.
Akinori Ono	...	compositor: Spade&Co.
Tetsuya Shiraishi	...	vfx supervisor: Spade&Co.
Yuto Takayanagi	...	compositor: Spade&Co.
Yuya Yoneya	...	compositor: Spade&Co.

Additional Crew

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Karen Rudolph	...	Publicist: Germany
Satoko Sekiguchi	...	Distribution

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Ama Films (2023) (Greece) (theatrical)
Cineworx (2023) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Edko Films (2023) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
Green Narae Media (2023) (Korea) (theatrical)
Gutek Film (2023) (Poland) (theatrical)
Hi Gloss Entertainment (2023) (Australia) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Lev Cinemas (2023) (Israel) (theatrical)
Mars Film (2023) (Turkey) (theatrical)
Polyfilm Verleih (2023) (Austria) (theatrical)
Andrews Film (2023) (Taiwan)
Leopardo Filmes (2023) (Portugal)
Modern Films (2023) (Ireland)
Modern Films (2023) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
Sideshow (II) (2023) (United States) (subtitled)
Teodora Film (2023) (Italy)
Tucker (2023) (Italy)
Anticipate Pictures (2024) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Beijing Sita Digital Technology (2024) (China) (theatrical)
CDI Films (2024) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Diaphana Distribution (2024) (France) (theatrical)
Exponenta (2024) (Russia) (theatrical)
Imovision (2024) (Brazil) (theatrical)
Incline (2024) (Japan) (theatrical)
Janus Films (2024) (United States) (theatrical)
Pandora Film Verleih (2024) (Germany) (theatrical)
Sahamongkol Film International (2024) (Thailand) (theatrical)
September Film Distribution (2024) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Sideshow Releasing (2024) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2024) (Germany) (DVD) (release through)
Caramel Films (2024) (Spain)
Cinefil Co (Hungary)
Diaphana Distribution (France) (???)
Falcon Films (Indonesia)
Pandora Film Verleih (2024) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Pandora Film Verleih (2024) (Germany) (DVD)
Teodora Film (Italy)
The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Tucker Film (Italy)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords	village city resident daughter life See All (34) »
Genres	Drama
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:13 Brazil:14 Canada:PG (Alberta) Denmark:11 France:Tous publics Germany:12 Hungary:16 Italy:6+ Netherlands:12 Norway:12 (cinema rating) Portugal:M/12 Russia:16+ Singapore:PG South Korea:12 Spain:12 (ICAA) Sweden:11 Switzerland:10 Taiwan:0+ Turkey:6+ United Kingdom:12A Vietnam:K (festival rating)

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Also Known As	悪は存在しない (Japan, Japanese title) Evil Does Not Exist (United States) El mal no existe (United States, Spanish title) Evil Does Not Exist (Canada, English title) Evil Does Not Exist (Ireland, English title) See more »
Runtime	106 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Tokyo, Japan See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	In an interview with "The Los Angeles Times" published on May, 2, 2024, director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi decided to cast Hitoshi Omika as the lead role after Omika spent much time driving Hamaguchi around to rural locations in Japan to pick out locations to film for the director's concert film "Gift". This somewhat mirrored the plot of Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car". See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in I ALMOST Walked Out \| The Best and Worst of TIFF 2023 (2023). See more »
Soundtracks	Fether See more »
Quotes	Mayuzumi: I will stay. It will be my last task. See more »

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