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World Premiere, Open Cinema, 2025

The Final Piece

파이널 피스盤上の向日葵

Director KUMAZAWA Naoto

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A dead body is discovered in the mountains, buried with an expensive, handcrafted shogi (Japanese chess) piece. As the present-day investigation by a veteran detective and a rookie detective unfolds, it intertwines with the past of a tragic, genius shogi player, revealing the truth of a hidden tragedy. Like The Match (2025) overcame the unfamiliar subject of Go through the power of a true story, The Final Piece combines the game of shogi with mysterious elements to heighten the audience′s interest. The film, adapted from the bestselling novel The Sunflower on the Shogi Board, reveals its suspect at the very beginning, but it maintains gripping tension for the remaining two hours. Director Kumazawa Naoto meticulously weaves the aspirations and setbacks of life through the subject of shogi, and sets the pace as the detective duo travels nationwide searching for clues. Above all, the captivating performances of heartthrob Sakaguchi Kentaro and charismatic Watanabe Ken are the highlights of the film.

Programme note by Karen PARK

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Screenings2

Thu, 09/18

20:0022:28

Busan Cinema Center BIFF Theatre

003Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Fri, 09/19

09:0011:28

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 5

600Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: KUMAZAWA Naoto
Original title: 盤上の向日葵
Country/Region: Japan
Year: 2025
Length: 123min
Section: Open Cinema
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Japanese
Premiere: World Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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Director: KUMAZAWA Naoto
Producer: Takashi YAJIMA, Satoko ISHIDA
Cast: Kentaro SAKAGUCHI, Ken WATANABE, Kuranosuke SASAKI, Tao TSUCHIYA, Mahiro TAKASUGI, Takuma OTOO, Akira EMOTO, Ikkei WATANABE, Ukon ONOE, Tae KIMURA, Fumiyo KOHINATA
Screenplay: KUMAZAWA Naoto
Cinematography: Shoji EBARA
Production design: Takashi NISHIMURA
Editing: KUMAZAWA Naoto, Hiroshi SUGIMOTO
Sound: Hironobu TANAKA
Music: Harumi FUUKI
Production company: Shochiku Co., Ltd.
World sales: Shochiku Co., Ltd.

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