Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami, whose husband has also disappeared.
Acting
Yuko Tanaka's face holds decades of waiting in every frame.
Cinematography
The dying village breathes through gray seas and empty streets.
Direction
Kubota lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Nao Kubota
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references the framing device of Scheherazade—stories told to survive another day, mirroring how Tomiko and Nami narrate their husbands into continued existence.
Kubota filmed in an actual depopulated fishing village scheduled for demolition; some 'extras' were real remaining residents.
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