KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL

The theme of "a memory that dwells in space" is the foundation of Born Again. The film's most distinctive feature is that it depicts the end of space during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this film, the space is a super sento (public bath), and until the title appears in the film, the purpose and value of this place is to cleanse the visitors and heal their body and soul.
After the title is displayed, the film setting becomes the public bath that has closed due to COVID-19, and it depicts how the place cannot fulfill its purpose because there are no more visitors. The film looks at the space of the public bath through the eyes of a cleaning staff member and invokes the voices of the staff who used to work there, as well as those of the customers, to give life to the space.

Director

Yuki Horikawa

Written by

Yuki Horikawa

Cinematography

Yuki Horikawa,Kota Higuchi,Kenta Kobayashi

Copyright

© 2021 「Born Again」Horikawa's production team