Sonoko (Ayane Ryokawa) and her husband Ichiro (Takuya Sakurai) come deep into the mountains and are attacked by the UMA Tsuchinoko, and Ichiro is kidnapped. Sonoko is rescued by Kurikoma (Fumio Moriya), an aardvark hunter, and descends the mountain alone, but her colleagues do not believe her. With...
The nearly thirty-year-old daughter of a used car shop owner lies in a hammock within a grove behind her house. She neither gets up nor sleeps, but muses to herself. Before she realizes it, she begins dozing off. Today, the sun is setting again.
Kenji Fukuma, who was active as a poet, film director, and critic, passed away in April 2023. This is his seventh feature film as a director. The film depicts the interaction between a 77-year-old former sailor who lost his wife and a 2nd-year middle school girl who longs for freedom from her...
A comeback film and the first in two years from Kokuei, a long-running production company specializing in erotic "pink" cinema. It uses trivial conversations in a love hotel to shine a light on the subtle differences in the emotional makeup of men and women. Its screenplay, by female filmmaker...
