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Released 7 years ago.
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Earthquake Bird
"Look beyond what you see"
2019 1h 47m EN
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5.9
MID
★5.9TMDB · 488
DramaMysteryRomanceThriller
Synopsis
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Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
“Look beyond what you see”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Alicia Vikander
Lucy Fly
Riley Keough
Lily Bridges
Naoki Kobayashi
Teiji Matsuda
Kiki Sukezane
Natsuko
Yoshiko Sakuma
Mrs. Yamamoto
Ken Yamamura
Det. Oguchi
Kazuhiro Muroyama
Det. Kameyama
Crystal Kay
Singer
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Wash Westmoreland
- Writers
- Wash Westmoreland
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Wash Westmoreland, shot by Chung Chung-hoon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Atticus Ross. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Jonathan Alberts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Look beyond what you see".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Wash Westmoreland directs. Chung Chung-hoon behind the camera. Atticus Ross scores. Jonathan Alberts cuts. Produced in Japan, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 7 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
- 3International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.
- 4Directed by Wash Westmoreland, shot by Chung Chung-hoon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Atticus Ross. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Jonathan Alberts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Look beyond what you see".
- 9IMDB entry: tt8178486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 9 themes, including "based on novel or book", "love triangle", "photographer", "interracial relationship".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Chung Chung-hoon
- Original score
- Atticus Ross
- Editing
- Jonathan Alberts
- Production design
- Yohei Taneda
- Makeup / hair
- Wakana Yoshihara
- VFX supervisor
- Robert Stadd
- Sound
- Benjamin L. Cook
- Stunt coordinator
- Akihiro Noguchi
- Runtime
- 107 min · 1h 47m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Wash Westmoreland
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
TWENTY FIRST CITY
JP
Scott Free Productions
US
Key crew
- ThanksKelly Reichardt
- NovelSusanna Jones
- EditorJonathan Alberts
- CastingYoko Narahashi
- Production DesignYohei Taneda
- ProducerAnn Ruark
- ProducerMichael A. Pruss
- ProducerGeorgina Pope
- ProducerKevin J. Walsh
- Line ProducerMasa Kokubo
- Executive ProducerKenji Isomura
- Associate ProducerVictor Paul Wajnberg
- Makeup & HairWakana Yoshihara
- Sound DesignerBenjamin L. Cook
- Sound DesignerJulian Slater
- Music SupervisorLinda Cohen
- Costume DesignerKumiko Ogawa
- ProducerRidley Scott
- Unit Production ManagerAnn Ruark
- Unit Production ManagerMitsutoshi Hamazaki
- First Assistant DirectorChris Carroll
- First Assistant DirectorHiro Kitagawa
- Second Assistant DirectorGenevieve Martin
- Second Assistant DirectorShohei Wakabayashi
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- photographer
- interracial relationship
- tokyo, japan
- japanese man
- neo-noir
- 1980s
- traumatized woman
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2019-11-01R
- Digital2019-11-15R· Netflix
Also known as
International titles
- JordskjelvfuglenNO
- Dove La Terra TremaIT
- Earthquake BirdUS
