Fuka Miyajima
WHERE LOVE GOES
Japan, 2022, 88 min.
Ai and Sosuke are childhood friends who live in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, in a town where love songs fill the air. They were raised together by Yumi, who protected everyone around her from the world with great love. However, their lives fall apart after Yumi dies suddenly. Ai leaves Sosuke to live with her father in Tokyo, where she meets young delinquents and old homeless people. Through her encounters with people on the fringe of society, Ai remembers Yumi’s great love, and decides to return to Hokkaido alone. However, the Sosuke that awaits her now dresses and acts as Yumi once did. How will they face the loss of a loved one, and how will they live on?
Fuka Miyajima
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, 1996.
Graduated from Sapporo Otani University, Department of Art and Design.
Director/Planner at xpd.inc, Creative Div.
After majoring in art throughout high school, Miyajima won countless awards for a range of projects during her college years, including for the animated work Trace which has been televised in 180 countries.
Her directorial debut Oyashirazu won the Grand Prix at the 2018 Okinawa International Movie Festival’s Under-25 Competition, earning praise for its overwhelming compassion for minorities and the socially vulnerable. She was chosen from among previous winners after completing an intensive six-month OIMF workshop to make her commercial feature debut with Where Love Goes.
