SKIP CITY Alumni Reunion
Winny ◊ none◊
- Onsite
- 7.20 (Thu) 17:00 Audio Visual Hall
In 2002, Isamu Kaneko developed the quick file-sharing software “Winny” and made it publicly available. But people who use it for illegal copying are arrested one after another, and Kaneko, as the developer, is also arrested in 2004 for aiding and abetting copyright infringement.
©2023映画「Winny」製作委員会
Director: Yusaku MATSUMOTO
Cast: Masahiro HIGASHIDE, Takahiro MIURA, Sarutoki MINAGAWA, Masato WADA, Mai KIRYU, Dai IKEDA, Daichi KANEKO, Shinnosuke ABE, Yoh YOSHIDA, Mitsuru FUKIKOSHI, Hidetaka YOSHIOKA
Distributor: KDDI Nakachika
2023 / Japan / 127min.
Winny depicts how Isamu Kaneko, a software developer with the username of 47, was arrested on charges of aiding and abetting copyright infringement, and how his attorneys went to court to confront the police and prosecutors, claiming that the arrest was unjust. Technology developed by a computer genius was abolished by state authorities; the attorneys fight the authorities and the mass media to protect the developer’s rights and future. The story is based on true incidents. Masahiro Higashide plays the role of Winny developer Isamu Kaneko. He held a mock trial with a practicing attorney before the shooting, and gained 18kg to make his character look as real as possible. The director is Yusaku Matsumoto, whose self-funded film Noise (18) was acclaimed at international film festivals, and who made his commercial film debut with It’s All My Fault (22). Having depicted ordinary people living in the harsh realities of society, he sympathized Kaneko’s ideas and decided to make this film after thorough research.
Director: Yusaku MATSUMOTO
Born 1992 in Hyogo. Enrolled in Visual Arts Osaka and began filmmaking. In 2019, Matsumoto made his feature film debut with independent production Noise, which was selected for a number of international film festivals, gained high acclaim from international media, and was released theatrically in New York and San Francisco. He made his much-anticipated commercial film debut with It’s All My Fault (22), which was nominated for numerous domestic film awards. Haruto Shiratori, who plays the protagonist, won the 47th Hochi Film Awards Best Newcomer, and the film won the CIFEJ (International Centre of Film for Children and Young People) Award at the 29th Kineko International Film Festival. Matsumoto has also directed Made in Japan (18), the short film Bagmati River (22), dramas “Yukionna to kani wo kuu” (22), “Favoritism of the God” (22) and “Shonan Junai Gumi” (20) and many others.
