Overview
Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.
Director and cast
- Yuriko Yoshitaka as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
- Kazuya Takahashi as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
- Maiko Yamada as (segment "Musume Gokoro")
- Seiko Iwaido as (segment "Musume Gokoro")
- Haru as (segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")
- Hanae Kan as (segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
- Takayo Mimura as (segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
- Reiko Igarashi as (segment "Yuubae Shojo")
- Ryunosuke Kawai as (segment "Yuubae Shojo")
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