Last Shadow at First Light is a 2023 internationally co-produced supernatural drama film written and directed by Singaporean director Nicole Midori Woodford in her feature-length debut. It premiered at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2023, where it was in competition for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award.
Cast
Masatoshi Nagase as Ami's uncle
Mihaya Shirata as Ami
Mariko Tsutsui as Ami's mother
Peter Yu as Ami's father
Yong Ser Pin as Ami's grandfather
Production
The film won the SEAFIC Lab's SEA Open Fund and TorinoFilmLab Feature Lab's TFL Coproduction Award. It was also developed at the Singapore International Film Festival's SEA Lab and Talents Tokyo. It received support from the Singapore Film Commission, Slovenian Film Centre, Purin Pictures and Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program, among others.
Most of the filming took place in and around Rikuzentakata in Japan, a city which was largely devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film was also shot in Singapore.