In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
Direction
Iwai's floating camera finds poetry in mundane moments.
Cinematography
Sakura-drenched Tokyo that somehow feels lonely.
Score
Remioromen's fragile guitars mirror Uzuki's interior world.
Director
Shunji Iwai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Iwai shot this immediately after 'Love Letter' as a palate cleanser, completing it in just two weeks.
The film captures 1990s 'shoshika' Japan — young women navigating new independence in a still-patriarchal society.
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