Yui Kiyohara

A young woman spends a day in some non-place between town and countryside, has random encounters and watches stones skip over the surface of the river. Tatsunari Ota’s film explores a world without productivity and finds joy in idle time and playfulness.

A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer’s day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.

A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer’s day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.

The film consists of five films about Yamato in the post-Corona period. Tominaga's "The Fourth Eye" depicts a bewildered father who is introduced to his stepfather by his estranged daughter; Kiyohara's "The Light of March" tells the story of a woman who becomes pregnant at a young age and tries to flee the town. Takeuchi's "Makie no Bouken" (Makie's Adventure), Yamamoto's "Ano Hi, Kono Hi, Sono Hi" (Ano Hi, Kono Hi, Sono Hi), about a city employee who goes around taking video letters for people who are retiring, and Miyazaki's "Eri-chan to Kumi-chan no Long, Mundane Day" (Eri-chan to Kumi-chan no Long, Mundane Day), about two people who have too much time on their hands to bury a time capsule in a forest on the outskirts of town.

ある一軒の家には二つの時間が流れていた。 14歳のセリは母親の桐子と二人暮らし。セリは桐子が新しい恋人をつくったことに反発している。ある日、セリはお父さんの倉庫からクリスマスツリーを出してきて……。 自分がどこからやってきたのかわからない、突然記憶を失くしてしまった女、サナ。目覚めた船の中で、サナは透子という女に出会う。あてのないサナは透子の家で暮らし始める。

ある一軒の家には二つの時間が流れていた。 14歳のセリは母親の桐子と二人暮らし。セリは桐子が新しい恋人をつくったことに反発している。ある日、セリはお父さんの倉庫からクリスマスツリーを出してきて……。 自分がどこからやってきたのかわからない、突然記憶を失くしてしまった女、サナ。目覚めた船の中で、サナは透子という女に出会う。あてのないサナは透子の家で暮らし始める。

A lake sits beside a quiet town in the mountains. There is a new, big bridge scheduled to open. Yumi feels trapped in her routined life with her husband, after Yo, her daughter, married and moved out. Kazuko, Yumi's mother begins to sort her things as she senses her time is coming. Meanwhile, Yo is frustrated as she starts to recieve less job offers, struggling to cope with the reality against her expectations. The family will take the lead in the bridge's crossing ceremony with their secrets hidden deep within.