Last Shadow at First Light

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.^[1][2]

Last Shadow at First Light
Promotional poster
Directed by	Nicole Midori Woodford
Screenplay by	Nicole Midori Woodford
Produced by	Jeremy Chua Shozo Ichiyama Bostjan Virc Liza Diño-Seguerra Yulia Evina Bhara
Starring	Masatoshi Nagase Mihaya Shirata Mariko Tsutsui Peter Yu
Cinematography	Hideho Urata
Edited by	Daniel Hui Nicole Midori Woodford
Music by	Alenja Pivko Kneževič
Production companies	Pōtocol Fourier Films Studio Virc Cogito Works
Release dates	24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) (San Sebastián) November 2023 (2023-11) (Tokyo Filmex) December 2023 (2023-12) (SGIFF)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Singapore Japan Slovenia Philippines Indonesia
Languages	Japanese Mandarin English

Cast

• Masatoshi Nagase as Ami's uncle^[3]
• Mihaya Shirata as Ami
• Mariko Tsutsui as Ami's mother
• Peter Yu as Ami's father
• Yong Ser Pin as Ami's grandfather^[4]

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.^{[5] [6]}

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.^[5]