Screenplay
夜の宮津駅からタクシーに乗った千鶴は、運転手に人のいない場所に連れて行ってほしいと告げる。ほかに客のいない民宿たむらに案内された彼女は、その晩に意を決して大量の睡眠薬を服用し自殺を図る。だが失敗に終わり、32時間も眠り続けた後に目を覚まし、自給自足の生活を送る宿の主、田村とともに朝食を取ることになる。
Screenplay
全国の書店員が選ぶ第2回本屋大賞を受賞した、恩田陸の同名ベストセラー小説を映画化した青春ドラマ。24時間かけて80キロを歩く学校行事を通し、高校生の友情や葛藤を描いたのは、『ココニイルコト』『青空のゆくえ』の長澤雅彦監督。出演は『HINOKIO ヒノキオ』の多部未華子、『蝉しぐれ』の石田卓也、『花とアリス』の郭智博など、期待の若手俳優たちが顔をそろえた。ひたすら歩き続ける中で自分と向き合い、成長していく彼らの姿が清々しい。
Writer
Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work.
Screenplay
Asami, a junior-college student two months from graduation, lends a red umbrella one day to Mayama, a Psychology instructor. Her artlessly forward approach leaves Mayama embarrassed and confused. She has, in fact, been watching him for some time. Meanwhile Mayama’s girlfriend Izumi, unable to find her own place in his heart, has resolved to leave him. Seeing Mayama in torment, tied to his past, Asami decides to set his heart free. Set in present-day Tokyo, this story of the wandering and revival of souls beset by feelings of loss is brought quietly and gently to the screen by the outstanding talent of Nagasawa Masahiko.
Screenplay
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.