Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
Cinematography
Every season looks edible — you can taste the frames.
Production
Real food prep filmed over actual agricultural cycles.
Acting
Hashimoto's silences speak entire therapy sessions.
Director
Junichi Mori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the actual Komori village over two years, matching real growing seasons — the cast literally farmed.
Part of a Japanese 'gohan eiga' (rice/meal film) wave that treats cooking as spiritual practice, not spectacle.
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