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It Cannot Be Helped

Country: United States, Language: English, 12 mins

Original Title

Shikata Ga Nai
  • Director: Kevin Kodama
  • Writer: Kevin Kodama
  • Producer: Sabrina Mota, Gilberto Rivera

CGiii Comment

Beautifully filmed.

The importance of the story got lost in the, mostly inconsequential, dialogue. Shame.


Watch...

Shikata Ga Nai - Kevin Kodama from Cinema Department on Vimeo.

 

The(ir) Blurb...

A fantasy romance set in the ruins of a Japanese American Internment camp, where a young couple attempts to reconcile their relationship as ghosts.

Cast & Characters

Laurel Wong (as Usagi)
Elaine Young (as Chieko)