HOW DARE YOU? 

HOW DARE YOU? 

Charmingly dyna­mic pri­ma­ry school trio decla­res war on cli­ma­te fatigue. 
Yuishi loves cat­ching insects after school and runs the crea­tu­re club. He is secret­ly in love with his class­ma­te Kokoa who is com­mit­ted to envi­ron­men­tal issues. Together with the trou­ble­ma­ker Haruto they launch pro­test actions: Flyers are dis­tri­bu­ted, pos­ters are put up and fire­works are even fired at a but­cher’s shop. This calls the poli­ce and school manage­ment into action. HOW DARE YOU? makes cli­ma­te inju­s­ti­ce visi­ble through the eyes of tho­se who have to live with the con­se­quen­ces. Director Mipo O wan­ted to crea­te a film that appeals to child­ren and adults ali­ke and pro­mo­tes dia­log bet­ween gene­ra­ti­ons. And yet the film poses the ques­ti­on: Isn’t it often the child­ren who mat­ter when it comes to chan­ging the world? (LGR)

GERMAN PREMIERE
Futsū no kodo­mo.
JP 2025. D: Mipo O.
SC: Ryo Takada. 96 min. Feature Film.
OV with English sub­tit­les and German live voice-over. Suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 9. 

Extras and Get Involved!

LUCAS im Kino

Film Guests

Pädagogisches Begleitmaterial

Educational Material (in German)

Mipo O

Mipo O
Mipo O

Biography

Mipo O is a Japanese-Korean direc­tor and screen­wri­ter. THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE was Japan’s ent­ry for the Oscars. Her mul­ti-award-win­ning film work is dedi­ca­ted to quiet, powerful obser­va­tions of ever­y­day life. In HOW DARE YOU? she explo­res inter­ac­tions bet­ween par­ents and child­ren — and dis­co­vers asto­nis­hing par­al­lels bet­ween her world and that of adults.

Filmography (Selection)

2024 LIVING IN TWO WORLDS 
2014 THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE 
2005 THE SAKAI’S HAPPINESS

Production Company
Murmur Studio

World Sales
Nagoya Broadcasting Network