Bring Him Down to a Portable Size
Southeast Asian Premiere
Ryota Nakano Japan, France, China 2025 127 min PG
Selfish and a burden all his life, Riko’s brother suddenly dies. She has four days before seeing him off on his final journey.
Riko, a celebrated novelist, reluctantly travels to northeastern Japan after the sudden death of her brother, whom she had long dismissed as selfish and childish. Filled with resentment, she sets about clearing his house, convinced he remains a source of trouble even in death. In the company of his ex-wife, daughter and son, Riko begins to see glimpses of a man whose lamentable actions concealed chronic illness and his quiet devotion to his children. His constant pleas for help, once seen as weakness, are revealed instead as small acts of bravery. Through humour and grief, the film raises the question of how well we can ever know another person, and how support, when freely given, can ripple forward in unseen ways.
Synopsis Writer: Sim Jiaying
29 Nov, Sat 2:00PM / 127 min
Golden Village Bugis, Hall 5
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Bring Him Down to a Portable Size
兄を持ち運べるサイズに
Ryota Nakano
Japan, France, China
2025
Japanese
English
127 min
PG
Southeast Asian Premiere
Ryota Nakano
Ryôta Nakano is a Japanese director and writer known for insightful portraits of family life. His feature film Capturing Dad (2013) premiere at Berlinale and earned him a Best Director Award at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival. His other films include Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016), A Long Goodbye (2019) and The Asadas (2020).
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