Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
Acting
Atsuko Maeda's total commitment to doing absolutely nothing.
Direction
Yamashita finds cosmic weight in Tamako's daily rice routine.
Cinematography
Four seasons of gorgeous inertia in rural Japan.
Director
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nobuhiro Yamashita shot this immediately after Linda Linda Linda, pivoting from kinetic rock energy to absolute stillness.
Tamako represents Japan's 'freeter' generation — educated adults trapped in perpetual adolescence, a phenomenon that exploded after the 1990s economic collapse. The film refuses to judge her.
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