Cast
Machiko Ono Tomoko Tabata
Credits
Written by: 
Naomi Kawase
Plot
Her first 35mm feature, which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes, making her its youngest winner.
Sinekatalog’s take
Naomi Kawase's debut follows a family in a dying Nara village after a railway project is cancelled, their lives fraying slowly. It won the Caméra d'Or, with soft images, silence and rural beauty in a quiet, personal first work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (1,657 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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