Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
The movie, based on a story by Yuri Nagibin, depicts a young girl named Vika enjoying the ...
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She batt...
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract cust...
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured ...
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionall...
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the villag...
Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the s...
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she no...
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past,...
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl g...