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First feature film was “The Old Capital” (2016) starring Yasuko Matsuyuki
A Butter Fly on Her Chest
Yuki Saito/14：55/Japan/Drama/2012
Her parents’ divorce, her change in lifestyle by moving from Tokyo to the countryside, the parting with her grandmother who was her only source of comfort... To free herself from her confining world, she has a butterfly tattooed on her chest.
Director : Yuki Saito
Yuki graduated Columbia College-Hollywood. His films have won four audience awards at SSFF as well as Cannes Lions in three consecutive years. In addition to directing different TV series, Yuki directed his first feature film The Old Capital (2016,) based on Yasunari Kawabata’s novel.
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