Synopsis

This film depicts, the danchi (housing complex) of a group of senior citizens, some of the people whose physical labor fundamentally underpinned the progress of Japanese society during the immediate postwar era, on through the high economic growth period of the 1960s. In the danchi where they live we see the reverse face of contemporary Japan, the image of elders who have lived hard lives and now face their own death. The young director starkly portrays the everyday existence of people living quietly on the outskirts of society.

 

Director's Statement

There were many children in the danchi where l grew up. No matter where I walked, l would
always run into a friend. The danchi of today lack this human feeling. Most seem as if they had been vacated for a perpetual off-season. But when l ?rst visited the Nogawa-nishi Housing Complex, something felt different. I sensed a hearty, vital energy emanating from within. The elderly men and women who provide that energy are the ones to thank for this ?lm.

 

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