A young woman, Ako, wanders around a sparsely populated housing estate in a rural city, Mito, where she spends her time speaking to objects and plants.
Direction
Suzuki turns empty parking lots into emotional landscapes.
Acting
Yanagi's wordless presence carries 45 minutes like it's nothing.
Director
Yohei Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mito's declining suburbs mirror Japan's 'shutter town' phenomenon—entire blocks abandoned as populations age and young people flee to Tokyo.
Suzuki reportedly shot this in his actual neighborhood with non-actors and zero budget, explaining the almost documentary-like unease of real empty spaces.
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