Evil Does Not Exist

Not to be confused with There Is No Evil.

Evil Does Not Exist
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji悪は存在しない
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnAku wa Sonzai Shinai
Directed byRyusuke Hamaguchi
Written byRyusuke Hamaguchi
Produced bySatoshi Takata[1]
Starring
  • Hitoshi Omika
  • Ryo Nishikawa
  • Ryuji Kosaka
  • Ayaka Shibutani
CinematographyYoshio Kitagawa[1]
Edited by
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi[1]
  • Azusa Yamazaki[1]
Music byEiko Ishibashi[1]
Production
company
NEOPA Inc.[1]
Distributed byIncline
Release dates
  • 4 September 2023 (2023-09-04) (Venice)
  • 26 April 2024 (2024-04-26) (Japan)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$3.2 million[2]

Evil Does Not Exist (Japanese: 悪は存在しない, Hepburn: Aku wa Sonzai Shinai) is a 2023 Japanese drama film written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. With a cast of non-professional actors, the film follows a single father who lives in a village that is disrupted by a real estate project and the consequences its development will have to their environment.

The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics. It was awarded Best Film at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Aku wa sonzai shinai (Evil Does Not Exist)". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Evil Does Not Exist (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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