Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Romance, Book adaptation - 105 minutes
Being a wife, a mother, a woman, and a human.A woman lost her place when bothher husband and the society rejected her.Now, she must take back her place of her own.
Year of production : 2024 Director(s) : Yukihiro MORIGAKI Writer(s) : Sahoko YAMAZAKI, Ayako SUZUKI Cast : Noriko EGUCHI, Kotaro KOIZUMI, Jun FUBUKI, Fumika BABA Producer(s) : Takuma YOSHIDA (YOMIURI TELECASTING CORPORATION)
Having or not having a spouse, children, or a job. Women today have the “freedom to choose the lives they want”; and yet, they are divided by various social factors.The main character is Momoko, who quits her job upon marriage but a misfortune leaves her childless. Then her husband (Mamoru) has an affair with a younger woman (Nao) and demands a divorce.Learning that she now has no place in her home nor the society, Momoko feels lost and starts showing abnormal behaviors.While Mamoru and his mother (Teruko) are bewildered by Momoko acting strange, there are also fair and unbiased eyes watching her from an unexpected place.Feeling stressed because no one around her sees her worth; and the fear of losing her place grows when her family and the society reject her. The story follows Momoko’s journey through despair and hope.
Country(ies) : JAPAN
Karlovy Vary 2024 (Crystal Globe Competition)Summer International Film Festival 2024