Yukiko Iioka

30歳の女性を描く『背中』。ある日突然恋人のショウイチロウに去られたハナは、恋人の親友であったアカツキと関係を結んでいる。 二人のハナの元を去り何処かに消えたショウイチロウを待ち続けている。去っていった男の背中と海辺の風を感じながら、待つ女の心象風景を描いた物語。待ち続けるヒロイン・ハナ。本作が初主演となる新維新気鋭の女優・佐藤里穂が鮮烈な演技をみせる。 ハナの恋人・ショウイチロウの親友で、ハナと関係を結びながらもショウイチロウを探すアカツキには、テレビドラマ「僕の大好きな妻」「ぴーすおぶけーき」で今最注目の俳優・落合モトキ。突然ハナの元を去っていった男・ショウイチロウを、越川監督作品の常連役者・嶺豪一が静かに演じる。

Noted screenplay writer Nohara's debut film is an ensemble drama set in Kobe, where a young man who has lost his memory intersects with the veiled emotions of people around him.

　　本作は、東直子による歌集「春原さんのリコーダー」に収められた表題歌「転居先不明の判を見つめつつ春原さんの吹くリコーダー」を映画化したもの。美術館での仕事を辞めてカフェでアルバイトを始めた主人公の沙知は、常連客から勧められたアパートの部屋に引っ越しをする。新しい生活を始めたものの沙知の心には、もう会うことの叶わないパートナーの面影が残っていた。

ヘアメイクアーティストである親友のつぐみ(玄理)から好きな男がいると聞かされた、モデルの芽衣子(古川琴音)。だが、その男が元恋人の和明(中島歩)だと知る(第1話『魔法(よりもっと不確か)』)。芥川賞を受賞した大学教授・瀬川(渋川清彦)に落第させられた大学生・佐々木(甲斐翔真)は、復讐(ふくしゅう)を企てる(第2話『扉は開けたままで』)。高校時代の友人である夏子(占部房子)とあや(河井青葉)が、20年ぶりに仙台で再会。当時のことで盛り上がるが、徐々にすれ違っていく(第3話『もう一度』)。

Shiori, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko continue to live each day with untold feelings inside. Unable to forget a colleague on a trip, a father who is ill, a friend who works at a store that is about to close, and a long-lost husband, each woman takes a step forward. There is a light that sometimes embraces them, calmly and gently.

Yukiko comes to Tokyo from Ehime and continues to live in a place where she knows nobody. One day, she happens to meet a young man who comes and goes from her workplace.

The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previous films The Sound of Waves and Voices from the Waves, is found in folk tales from the region. Co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke.

At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Tsuyoshi is at the scene and witnesses the death of a woman. Right before the accident occurred, Tsuyoshi took a photograph of the woman, who carried a gentle look. Later, Tsuyoshi learns the woman has a daughter named Kiriko. Tsuyoshi meets Kiriko.

The poet Koichi Masuno always goes to his friends to give them his poetry collection "Kujikena", which is about to be published.

Kohei and Akira are a couple running away together without a destination. They meet a geology researcher namend Shiraki on the way and the three visit a log cabin of a famous geologist Kanbe. With fortune teller Eiko, ex-girlfriend of Kanbe, joining the party, five people of diverse ages, sexes, statutes, and professions happen to spend a night together in the log cabin deep in the mountains. As the strangers get to know each other and grow closer, each one of their hidden pasts is brought to light. Meanwhile, following a thunderstorm and an earthquake, something even worse is approaching them...