An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Direction
Ogigami's patient, frame-by-frame appreciation of breakfast.
Acting
Masako Motai's wordless, pickle-loving matriarch steals everything.
Cinematography
The sea becomes a character—constant, unbothered, judging your inbox.
Director
Naoko Ogigami
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 'Iyashikei' (healing) genre, which exploded post-economic bubble as collective exhaustion set in.
The island of Yoron was so remote that cast and crew lived there for the entire shoot—no hotels, just local homes.
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