My Sunshine

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My Sunshine

2025

1h 30m

Drama

Romance

Sports

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On a Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn't too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa, spots potential in Takuya, and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition. As winter persists, feelings grow, and the two children form an harmonious bond. But even the first snow eventually melts away.

Charles Lyons-Burt

Slant Magazine

Sep 15

3/4

Okuyama Hiroshi spins poetry from seemingly inconsequential moments.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

05/24/2024

A gentle, unassuming film about the pain and misdirection that can arise from young love.

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Lovia Gyarkye

The Hollywood Reporter

05/22/2024

Guided by the beauty of the landscape and the nostalgia of childhood, Okuyama constructs a quiet narrative buoyed by an understated charm.

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Nicolás Medina

Peliplat

Apr 24

6/10

Sometimes cinema is most effective when it dares to portray complexity without resorting to simplistic messages, because the intimate and the everyday end up saying far more than any grand statement. [Full review in Spanish]

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Nov 19

Okuyama charms the spectator with a visual fabric that elegantly emphasize the beauty in wintery landscapes as well as the warmth of human interactions.

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Erik Reeds

Spectrum Culture

Sep 25

My Sunshine has plenty of charm to go around, and it does have a more striking aesthetic than many low-effort contemporary dramas, particularly those of the feel-good variety.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Sep 19

Success in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $6,700.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to fly round-trip from Boston to Tokyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ML T

@RT46976493 03/03/2025

The tranquil beauty of a simple story of perspectives that subtly changes peoples' life directions. A mastery of blank-spacing.

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Well L

@RT41696027 02/16/2025

Children's pureness draws the joy and passion out of adults. Adults live again when they are child again. The sunshine is the little child lies within your heart ❤️. Minimal dialogue, but the joy, actions and cinematography are enough to communicate with the audience. Best communication is done with little words and an agreeing nod.

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Sharon Y

@RT81319999 11/25/2024

A very interesting story about young love, love that conquers time, struggles with being above board, testing love in all ways possible that leads to a happy ending. I didn’t want it to end. Didn’t mind subtitles. Actors were amazing. Highly recommend.

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Synopsis

On a Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn't too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa, spots potential in Takuya, and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition. As winter persists, feelings grow, and the two children form an harmonious bond. But even the first snow eventually melts away.

Director: Hiroshi Okuyama
Producer: Toshikazu Nishigaya, Masa Sawada
Screenwriter: Hiroshi Okuyama
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Tokyo Theatres, Comme des Cinémas, The Asahi Shimbun Company
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sports
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.7K
Runtime: 1h 30m