Shiro Oiwake

小学5年生の少女トモは荒れ放題の家で母親ヒロミと暮らしていたが、母親は男を追って家出してしまう。ひとりになったトモは前にも頼った叔父マキオの家に向かうが、そこで彼女を出迎えたのは叔父の美しい恋人で、トランスジェンダーの女性リンコだった。リンコは綺麗に部屋を整頓し、美しい彩りのおいしい手料理をトモに振る舞う。トモは家庭のぬくもりや優しさを与えてくれるリンコに、戸惑いながらも次第に信頼を寄せていき…。

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.

美津の誕生日。 夏子はお揃いの乙女座のネックレスとバラの花を買って来る。しかしアパートの窓には白いハンカチ。それは美津の恋人・英男が来ている合図だった。 ひそかに美津を愛してしまった夏子。彼女を独り占めしようと思うがゆえに英男に近づく夏子は・・・真夏の午後、世界を震撼させた衝撃のラストが―

This is Yamakawa's first feature film in 16mm. A group of university students who grew up in an era of rapid economic growth yearn for "another side" of life as they face romantic conflicts and the suicide of a fellow student.

The first 16mm film to depict the terrorism and betrayal of a public security spy, set against a backdrop of internal strife. One of the origins of Nagasaki's work.

The first 16mm film to depict the terrorism and betrayal of a public security spy, set against a backdrop of internal strife. One of the origins of Nagasaki's work.