A Sparkle of Life

6.5/10

Lonely after the death of her husband, whom she nursed for years, Tae decides to find a new life partner. Her family and friends try to dissuade her.

Bunji Sotoyama

Director

Also Directed by Bunji Sotoyama

On the way to the seaside

My Life is not Sweet

Yamano Aoi, a seventeen year old high school girl, decides to take on her mentally ill father’s sushi restaurant. Adults around her are startled by her decision and tell her it is impossible for a woman to be a sushi chef. She then reunites with her old baseball coach Shoukichi Umeda. On one snowy night, Aoi challenges Shoukichi to a baseball match. This match shines a light of hope to Aoi’s “wasabi” like life.

I Am Less Than Zero

Taro, an elementary school student, uses the fact that there are no new coronavirus cases in town as an excuse to take off his mask and play around. However, his friends are hospitalized one after another, and eventually his favorite grandmother is taken away by men in protective suits.