This story follows single parent Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in the small rural Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature, as they take care of odd jobs for locals, chopping wood and hauling pristine well water.
When a Tokyo agency plans to install a "glamping" site in their rural community, the villagers are suspicious, thinking the plans will have a harmful impact on their environment. The agency dispatches two agents to visit the village for a consultation, but it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply and environment, causing unrest.
This new film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi – director of the phenomenal, Oscar-winning Drive My Car - is an engrossing tale about the encroaching urbanisation of the natural world.
Accompanied by an ominous yet beautiful score from Eiko Ishibashi (intensified in a long and mesmerising dialogue-free opening), this potent and foreboding story delivers an unexpected experience, diverging from country-vs-city themes to cross the line between the natural and the metaphysical.
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