Nodoka
Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter.
영화화를 전제로 ‘빛’을 주제로 한 단가(短歌) 콘테스트를 개최, 그곳에서 뽑힌 4수의 단가를 바탕으로 하여 네 개의 장으로 만든 영화다. 각각의 장은 독립된 중편으로 감상할 수도 있는데, 모든 장에서 도쿄 교외에서 살아가는 젊은 여성을 주인공으로 설정하고 있으며 등장인물이 부르는 ‘노래’ 장면이 삽입되는 등의 공통점도 발견할 수 있다.
Haru
Haru is living a disintegrated married life with her then high school teacher, Yuichiro. After Yuichiro's sudden death, Haru meets his mistress, Shiori, who was also one of his students. Fueled by jealousy, unexpected events begin...
