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.

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Cast

Yuriko Yoshitaka

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Kazuya Takahashi

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Seiko Iwaido

(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Haru

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")

Hanae Kan

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Takayo Mimura

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Reiko Igarashi

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

Ryunosuke Kawai

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")