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Hailed as one of the emerging superstars of Japanese cinema, writer/director Satoko Yokohama’s second feature is an assured, heartfelt romantic drama. Kenichi Matsuyama stars as a mentally challenged young farmer who happily tends his grandmother’s organic vegetable garden. A beautiful nursery schoolteacher arrives from Tokyo to make a fresh start and come to terms with the tragic death of her boyfriend. Set against a vivid depiction of rural life, this is a sensitively handled, offbeat tale combining human drama with acute observations about our relationship with the land.

Thanks to Nikkatsu Corporation.

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