Sayonara (Japanese: さようなら, Hepburn: Sayōnara, lit. "Goodbye") is a 2015 Japanese film written and directed by Kōji Fukada and based on a play by Oriza Hirata. Starring Bryerly Long and Geminoid F, the film was promoted as "the first movie to feature a Gynoid performing opposite a human actor".[3] It premiered in October 2015 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and was scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.[4][3]

Sayonara
Poster
Japanese	さようなら
Hepburn	Sayōnara
Directed by	Kōji Fukada
Screenplay by	Kōji Fukada
Based on	a play by Oriza Hirata
Produced by	Keisuke Konishi Hiroyuki Onogawa Kōji Fukada Bryerly Long[1]
Starring	Bryerly Long Geminoid F
Cinematography	Akiko Ashizawa[2]
Edited by	Naohiro Urabe Koji Fukada[1]
Music by	Hiroyuki Onogawa[1]
Production companies	Phantom Film K&AG Tokyo Garage AtomX Addix Letre Katsu-do[1]
Release dates	October 2015 (2015-10) (TIFF) November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) (Japan)
Running time	112 minutes[2]
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese English French German[2]

Cast

• Bryerly Long as Tanya[1]
• Geminoid F[1]
• Hirofumi Arai[1]
• Makiko Murata[1]
• Nijirō Murakami[1]
• Yukio Kibiki[1]
• Jérôme Kircher[1]
• Irene Jacob[1]
• Noémie Nakai

Release

The world premiere of the film was in October 2015, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.[3] It is scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.[4]

Reception

Critical reception

Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "dreary study of human-robot relations [that] offers little to engage apart from its pretty scenery."[2]

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "dark, hopeless and pretty depressing [...] post-apocalyptic Japanese mood piece".[1]

Accolades

The film was in competition at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival.[3]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Sayônara at IMDb