Completed - JAPANESE, MANDARIN - Drama - 116 minutes
Inspired by a short story “Torocco” written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the writer of “Rashomon”.
Year of production : 2008 Director(s) : Hirofumi KAWAGUCHI Cast : Machiko ONO, Bryant CHANG, Mei FANG
Yumiko Yano, with her sons Atsushi and Toki, travel from Tokyo with the ashes of her late husband to his parents’ home in a mountain village in the south of Taiwan. Yumiko, who married against her parents’ wishes, has struggled on in stubborn determination since his death. Her son Atsushi, rebel against both the society in which he has grown up and his mother. In the rural home of his grandparents, who lived through vast changes in the political landscape and the values that prevail in society, the family rediscovers the bonds that unite it.
Country(ies) : JAPAN, TAIWAN