Kenji Fukuma, who was active as a poet, film director, and critic, passed away in April 2023. This is his seventh feature film as a director. The film depicts the interaction between a 77-year-old former sailor who lost his wife and a 2nd-year middle school girl who longs for freedom from her family and school.
A humanistic drama about an encounter in the life of a woman around the age of 40, set during the Obon season when the living take time to reflect on the dead. Director Fukuma Kenji is also a poet and a university professor. Chikage (Yoshino Akira) is reunited with Shohei (Suzuki Tsunekichi), a man she once lived together with, and his daughter Saki (Kohara Saori). After several twists and turns, Chikage and Shohei come to share the same roof again, but Saki is unable to accept it. Then one year later during Obon, relations eventually thaw between Chikage and Saki.
Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems Mamoru believes in Masao’s talent as a writer and waits for him to write a new novel, but he also likes Masao's wife Misaki. One day, Miku, who has read Masao’s last novel “Aki no Riyuu” several times, appears in front of him. She tells him that she is so similar to the heroine of the novel and can understand his mind.
Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed.In a lonely spot in the Tokyo suburbs a guy dies of a heart attack. His name is Shinya (Eto Shuhei) and he sold used books online. His wife (Wada Misa) reads the notebook he left behind, and every so often she feels his presence at her side.
Fantasy drama about the undulating emotions of a 20-year-old girl. Interweaves a tale that blurs dreams and reality, composed of interviews, poetry, and dance. Director Fukuma Kenji is also active as a poet. Yuki (Kohara Saori), a 20-year-old living by herself in Tokyo, happens upon a poetry reading by poetess Fuzuki Yumi. After that, Yuki loses sight of her purpose in life. In the process, another Yuki (Kawano Makiko) appears before her.
