{{short description|2017 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Close-Knit | image = Close-Knit.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Naoko Ogigami | producer = | writer = Naoko Ogigami | starring = Toma Ikuta<br />Kenta Kiritani<br />Rinka Kakihara<br />Rie Mimura<br />Eiko Koike<br />Mugi Kadowaki<br />Shūji Kashiwabara | music = Yoshihide Ōtomo | cinematography = Kōzō Shibasaki | editing = Shin'ichi Fushima | distributor = Suurkiitos | released = {{Film date|2017|2|10|Berlin|2017|2|25|Japan|df=yes}} | runtime = 127 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese }}
{{Nihongo|'''''Close-Knit'''''|彼らが本気で編むときは、|Karera ga Honki de Amu Toki wa,}} is a 2017 Japanese drama film directed by Naoko Ogigami.<ref name="SD">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/close-knit-berlin-review/5114730.article |title='Close Knit': Berlin Review |work=Screen Daily |first=Wendy |last=Ide |date=12 February 2017 |accessdate=12 February 2017}}</ref> Ogigami wrote the script after a visit to the United States caused her to become more aware of LGBT issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/02/22/films/film-reviews/close-knit/|title='Close-Knit': The pride that breaks the prejudice|work=The Japan Times|first=Mark|last=Schilling|date=22 February 2017|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> The film follows Tomo Ogawa, an 11-year-old girl, who becomes close to her uncle's transgender girlfriend after Tomo's mother, who has been raising her alone, unexpectedly runs off and leaves Tomo behind.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2116540/film-review-close-knit-japanese-lgbt-family-drama-takes-heart|title=Film review: Close-Knit – Japanese LGBT family drama takes heart-warming look at discrimination and ignorance|work=South China Morning Post|first=Richard James|last=Havis|date=23 October 2017|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlin">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36372.html |title=Panorama 2017 Programme Complete |work=Berlinale |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-date=30 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130151206/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36372.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Plot== Tomo Ogawa is a neglected 11-year-old girl. She lives with her single and irresponsible mother in a small apartment, who abandons her when she falls in love with a new man. Whenever that happens, Tomo goes to live with her uncle, Makio. However, this time around, Makio is cohabitating with his girlfriend, Rinko, who is a transgender woman. The film portrays the drama that unfolds in an unconventional family and Tomo's acceptance of LGBT people.
==Cast== * Toma Ikuta as Rinko * Kenta Kiritani as Makio Ogawa * Rinka Kakihara as Tomo Ogawa * Rie Mimura as Hiromi Ogawa * Eiko Koike as Naomi * Mugi Kadowaki as Yuka * Shuji Kashiwabara as Yoshio * Kaito Komie as Kai * Lily as Sayuri Ogawa * Misako Tanaka as Fumiko * Noriko Eguchi as Kanai * Tōru Shinagawa as Saito
==See also== * List of LGBT-related films directed by women
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|5633706|Close-Knit}} * [http://jfdb.jp/en/title/6545 ''Close-Knit''] at Japanese Film Database
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