Dir. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke
2023 | 106 mins| Japan
Japanese with English subtitles
Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka

Hamaguchi follows up the success of Drive My Car with an ambiguous, elegantly told story of a lakeside community’s resistance to an intrusive corporate ‘glamping’ development.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency’s mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that affects Takumi’s life deeply.

Showing Times

• Fri 12 Apr: 5.30pm
• Sat 13 Apr: 6.20pm
• Mon 15 Apr: 7.30pm
• Wed 17 Apr: 2pm
• Thu 18 Apr: 8.15pm
• Mon 22 Apr: 8.15pm
• Wed 24 Apr: 5.20pm
• Thu 25 Apr: 2pm

∆ BBFC Rating Details:

Rated 12A – moderate violence