Cast

Ryô Ikeda Yumi Kawai Yōta Kawase Tomoki Kimura Hiroki Kono Kô Maehara

Credits

Written by: Yūjirō Harumoto

Plot

While documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a perverse secret in her own life is revealed.

Sinekatalog’s take

A Balance (2021) is a Japanese drama directed by Yujiro Harumoto. It won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival in 2020. It stars Kumi Takiuchi, Yuumi Kawai and Masahiro Umeda. It runs 152 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (480 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.