In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
Cinematography
The trash mountain as character—stunning, suffocating wide shots.
Acting
Yokohama's hollow-eyed stillness will wreck you.
Direction
Fujii turns garbage into Greek tragedy.
Director
Michihito Fujii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film reflects Japan's real 'marginal villages'—rural communities collapsing as young people flee to cities, leaving the elderly to manage industrial waste projects that poison their land.
Fujii originally wanted to shoot in an actual landfill town, but residents refused—proving the film's point about shame and silence. The trash mountain was constructed digitally and practically.
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