Film Information
Year: 2025
Duration: 130
Language: VOSE/VOSC
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Biography
Synopsis
On May 16, 1975, Junko Tabei made her way to the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman in history to conquer the world’s highest peak. She founded the Women Climbers Club, whose members joined her in conquering the summits of the other seven highest mountains. The mountain was always her purpose and her goal. However, this great achievement could not prevent adversity: the diagnosis of terminal cancer or other personal struggles, which she always sought to face with passion. She lived for the mountain until the very last of her days. What was the last thing Junko saw beyond the summit?
Director
Junji Sakamoto (Osaka, 1958) made his directorial debut with Dotsuitarunen (Knockout, 1989), which won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film. His acclaimed film Kao (Face, 2000) earned him the Japan Academy Prize for Best Director and topped Kinema Junpo’s list of the ten best Japanese films of the year. Among his most notable works as a director are Ōshikamura soudouki (The Great Deer Village Incident, 2011) and Sekai no Okiku (Okiku and the World, 2023), which was presented in Rotterdam and at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN). His latest work, Teppen no mukou ni anata ga iru (Climbing for Life, 2025), the 31st film of his career, had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (SSIFF) and will open the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) on October 27 and the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) on October 29.
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