Masana Hirabuki

Taisuke, Issei and Yumi are on their way to visit Yumi’s older sister, Rie, her husband and their daughter Masumi in their flat in Tokyo. It is the obon holiday in August, when families traditionally get together to honor their ancestors.

The story begins with a little boy named Syui, a cheerful child who is focussed on going to a museum with his father. Unbeknownst to him, when he returns home, his mother and sister will be gone as his parents have decided to separate. We get a glimpse of what happens to Syui and his family during this period. In his latest film, FUJIKAWA Fumito (The Name of the Whale (2015), winner of the Audience Award at the 2015 Pia Film Festival) presents a dramamentary shot in the suburbs of Tokyo with a real-life family of four acting out the split. With no script to work from and naturalistic performances from the Hirabuki family based on their everyday lives, FUJIKAWA and his non-professional cast give us an honest snapshot of contemporary city life in Japan in a light but absorbing experience.

Fils d’un prêtre respecté, Yu intègre un groupe de pervers professionnels afin de vivre dans le péché. Malgré une vie de débauche, le jeune homme ne désespère pas de trouver l’âme sœur. Sa rencontre avec Yoko, dont l’innocence bafouée n’a d’égal que sa haine pour la gent masculine, va propulser le jeune homme bien au-delà des limites du bien et du mal…

Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ambitious work that depicts the land and time by blending various drama and documentary footage.

A novelist Rihito Shiraishi meets Saki Honda, a somewhat eccentric woman, and he is attracted to her. Triggered by Saki's suicidal attempt and reading her diary, Shiraishi recognizes that their encounter was not a coincidence. United by an airplane accident, they start to face their true selves eventually, influencing one another.