The title of Tanaka Toshihiko’s ambitious exploration of human relationships is polysemous. A genderless given name, the kanji character can similarly represent a variety of meanings. As such, it’s the perfect symbol for this portrait of early thirtysomething company employee Matsushita Hikari....
Uta, who has become accustomed to the death of others as a nurse, returns to his hometown after hearing the news of his estranged mother's death. Meanwhile, a man and a woman who met at an art museum drive into Provence under the moonlit night. And as one girl plays unknown music, another girl...
