Director Naomi Kawase's New Film Explores Heart Transplants in Japan, Production Involved Real Patients, Families

By Ryosuke Kobashiri / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
11:45 JST,
February 18, 2026
A film about the current state of heart transplant surgeries in Japan has been completed in cooperation with actual patients. Director Naomi Kawase’s new work, “Yakushima’s Illusion,” pursued realism through extensive interviews with patients, their families and doctors, who also appeared in the fil...
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