Don’t Shoot My Back—The Life of Actor Junkichi Orimoto
(Ushiro kara toruna: Haiyuu Orimoto Junkichi no jinsei)- JAPAN / 2024 / Japanese / Color / DCP / 82 min
Director, Photography: Nakamura Yumi
Editing: Yamauchi Yoko
Sound Effects: Kaneda Tomoko
Post Production: Ohno Masanobu, Tamura Yosuke
Producer: Masaoka Hiroyuki
Assistant Producer: Kobayashi Hiroko
Appearances: Orimoto Junkichi, Nakamura Noriko
Supported by: Yamatani Tetsuo, Mandai Hiromi
Distribution: Pandora Co., Ltd.
The filmmaker’s father was an actor known for his supporting roles in movies and TV dramas. As he grew older, the daughter turned her camera on him—not out of affection, but from a deep resentment toward a man who had long neglected his family. She also filmed her mother, who had given up her own acting career to support the household. Shot over the course of four years, the film reveals the three family members’ divergent paths, gradually becoming a space where father and daughter can finally face one another.
Nakamura YumiBorn in 1960. After working as a bank employee, Nakamura moved to Tokyo in 1986 to be a screenwriter, broadcast writer, and TV director. She has written for many documentary shows, including Old Enough!, Mutsugoro and His Wonderful Friends, and Watashi ga kodomo datta koro.