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.

바닷가 마을에 있는 낡은 한 채의 ‘집’을 무대로 두 여성의 이야기가 평행하게 그려진다. 한쪽에 있는 사람은, 아버지가 실종된 뒤 어머니와 둘이 살아가는 열네 살의 세리. 또 다른 한쪽은 페리 위에서 기억을 상실한 자신을 발견한 사나. 두 사람은 대체 어떤 관계에 있는 것일까? 둘은 교차하지 않는 평행 세계에 있는 듯도 하지만, 낡아빠진 셔터, 계단, 창문에 드리운 반투명의 천, 유리 꽃병. 그러한 매혹적인 오브제가 이른바 개구부(開口部)가 되어 ‘저쪽’과 ‘이쪽’은 반전되기 시작한다.

바닷가 마을에 있는 낡은 한 채의 ‘집’을 무대로 두 여성의 이야기가 평행하게 그려진다. 한쪽에 있는 사람은, 아버지가 실종된 뒤 어머니와 둘이 살아가는 열네 살의 세리. 또 다른 한쪽은 페리 위에서 기억을 상실한 자신을 발견한 사나. 두 사람은 대체 어떤 관계에 있는 것일까? 둘은 교차하지 않는 평행 세계에 있는 듯도 하지만, 낡아빠진 셔터, 계단, 창문에 드리운 반투명의 천, 유리 꽃병. 그러한 매혹적인 오브제가 이른바 개구부(開口部)가 되어 ‘저쪽’과 ‘이쪽’은 반전되기 시작한다.

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.