When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.
Acting
Tasuku Emoto's crumbling dignity in every frame.
Direction
Arai's unflinching gaze at male mediocrity.
Cinematography
Akita's gray beauty as emotional prison.
Director
Haruhiko Arai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Akita's rural decline mirrors Kenji's personal rot—Japan's 'lost generation' made flesh.
Director Haruhiko Arai spent decades as a screenwriter before directing at 73. The patience shows.
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