Koji Yakusho & Ryo Yoshizawa cast in movie “Familiar”

Koji Yakusho & Ryo Yoshizawa are cast in movie “Familiar.” Movie is directed by Izuru Narushima (“Solomon’s Perjury“). Also cast for supporting roles are Lucas Sagae, Fadile Waked, Miyavi, Yutaka Matsushige , Koichi Sato, Takeo Nakahara and Shigeru Muroi. The film is centered around Koji Yakusho who plays Seiji Kamiya. He works as a pottery craftsman. Ryo Yoshizawa will play his son Gaku Kamiya. He wants to quit his job as an engineer for a multi-national company and follow in his father’s footsteps.

“Familiar” will be released January 6, 2023 in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Seiji Kamiya (Koji Yakusho) works as a pottery craftsman, while he lives alone in a mountain village. His son, Gaku Kamiya (Ryo Yoshizawa), works as an engineer for a large company in Algeria. Gaku Kamiya comes to Japan with his fiance Nadia. He visits his father and tells him that he will quit his job. He wants to work as a pottery craftsman like his father, but Seiji Kamiya opposes the idea.

Meanwhile, Marcos (Lucas Sagae) is a Brazilian man living in Japan and he is a neighbor of Seiji Kamiya. Marcos was once chased by a criminal gang, before Seiji Kamiya helped him. Marcos sees a lot of his late father in Seiji Kamiya and he becomes interested in making pottery.

Meanwhile, Gaku Kamiya and his fiance Nadia, who returned to Algeria, experience tragedy.