Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.
Direction
Seta's patient eye lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Sound
The open-reel tape sequences are pure sonic archaeology.
Director
Natsuki Seta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mei Nagano was 16 during filming; her natural awkwardness with Hashimoto's Jun was largely unscripted.
The film quietly belongs to a wave of Japanese indie cinema exploring queer elders' obscured histories, rarely depicted explicitly.
JP
