Tokyo – We are honored to announce Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest and first feature film set in Korea, “Broker,” will officially compete at the 75th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival. The festival will take place from May 17 to May 28, 2022 local time. AOI Pro. is one of the film partners involved in the distribution of the film in Japan along with GAGA and Fuji Television Network.

The film will be released in Japan in June 2022. A poster for the film is already in distribution. The film is about people who become involved around a “Baby Box,” where people who cannot raise children can leave their babies anonymously.

“Broker” is Kore-eda's sixth feature to be nominated in the Competition four years after he won the Palme d'Or with “Shoplifters,” co-financed and produced by AOI Pro. in 2018. This marks his eighth appearance in Cannes.

Kore-eda embarked on a full-scale session with overseas talents with “The Truth” (distributed by GAGA, Fuji Television Network, AOI Pro.), opening the 2019 Venice International Film Festival Competition. “Broker” follows it to be another overseas production, this time the first South Korean film arising from an original project long contemplated by South Korean production teams and actors over the years.

South Korean stars are featured in the film, including Song Kang-ho (Academy🄬 Best Picture winner “Parasite,” 2019),  Kang Dong-won (“Master,” 2016), Bae Doona (Kore-eda's “Air Doll,” 2009), and the popular artist IU aka Lee Ji-eun. Lee Joo-young also joins the cast.

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