Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 91 minutes
Year of production : 2011 Director(s) : Naomi KAWASE Writer(s) : Naomi KAWASE Cast : Tohta KOMIZU, Hako OSHIMA, Tetsuya AKIKAWA Producer(s) : Naomi KAWASE (Kumie Inc.)
The Asuka region in Nara is the birthplace of Japan. Here, in ancient times, there were those who fulfilled their lives in the midst of waiting. Modern people, apparently having lost this sense of waiting, seem unable to feel grateful for the present, and cling to the illusion that all things will move constantly forward according to one’s own plan. In ancient times, there were three small mountains that people believed were inhabited by gods. They were Mt. Unebi, Mt. Miminashi, and Mt. Kagu, and they still stand. In that time, a powerful official used the mountains as a metaphor for a struggle inside his own heart. The mountains were an expression of human karma. Time has passed into the present. Takumi and Kayoko, inheriting the unfulfilled hopes of their grandparents, live out their lives. Their tale continues a story of the ages, representing the uncountable souls that have accumulated in this land.
Country(ies) : JAPAN Financing plan : Produced by Kumie Inc. and Kashihara-Takaichi Regional Administrative Association
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