Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
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Jun Kunimura
Kozo Tahara
Machiko Ono
Michiru Tahara
Sayaka Yamaguchi
Young Michiru
Sachiko Izumi
Sachiko
Kotaro Shibata
Eisuke
Yasuyo Kamimura
Yasuyo
Kazufumi Mukohira
Young Eisuke
Director
Naomi Kawase
Status
Released
Original Language
JA
Production
Bandai Visual, WOWOW
badelf
December 27, 2021
I interpret this film as a slow, meditative thesis on the wabi-sabi of generational change. Like the fleeting cherry blossoms, the Japanese have reverence and respect for impermanence and imperfection. In the middle of the film, we heard an older man ask "How will our young find someone to marry (if the railroad is not built)?" Everyone is aware of the traditional village dissolving, yet only Kozo...
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