En un parque en una tarde lluviosa, un estudiante universitario de 19 años, Fumi, ofrece un paraguas a una niña de 10 años empapada, Sarasa. Al darse cuenta de su renuencia a irse a casa, Fumi la deja quedarse en su casa, donde pasa los próximos dos meses en paz. Se toman de la mano y parecen haber encontrado finalmente su lugar en el mundo hasta que arrestan a Fumi por secuestro. Quince años después, los dos solitarios se reencuentran, ambos aún sufriendo el estigma de ser víctimas y perpetradores de "un caso de pedofilia". ¿Le dará la sociedad un lugar al vínculo inquebrantable que han formado?
Midori
‘My dad saw a monster here. When he was a kid.’ · ‘A monster?’ · ‘Yeah, a monster. It moves between this world and the next.’ Ao lives with his mother and little sister Kii on Sado Island in Japan. He misses his father, who recently disappeared without a trace – although not much is spoken about it. While their mother tries to deal with the loss in her own way, Ao and Kii run across the island and scream at the ocean. In the mysterious Sayoko, who inconspicuously swipes books from the school library, Ao finds a confidant. Few words are needed between the two reticent, dreamy children: together, they at once feel less alone. Against the striking backdrop of an industrialised coastal town, Tetsuya Tomina's poetic film tells a tale of dreams, loss and monsters.
Eiko (young)
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
