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By Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI

MODERN FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, UNITED KINGDOM

Drama - Completed 2023


Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2023
Winner: Best Film
Venice - Biennale 2023
Winner: Silver Lion
New York FF 2023
Official Selection
Dublin International Film Festival 2024
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama, Environmental
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI
    • Writer(s)
    • Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI
    • Synopsis
    • Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house; offering city residents a comfortable ‘escape’ to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency’s mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the nature plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that affects Takumi’s life deeply.