SHARASOJYU

Naomi KAWASE
  • 2003
  • In Competition
  • Feature Films

The Aso, a family of four, live in the old town of Nara. On the day of the Jizo Festival in the dizzying heat of midsummer, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears, as if he had been spirited away… For the family left behind, the flow of time stopped on that day. Five years later. Seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is a high svhool student, a member of the art club. He is working on a life-sized drawing of his brother, who he has been unable to forget. He and his childhood friend, Yu, share a tentative atttraction, but they are awkward around each other. Shun and Yu and their families all carry emotions that have no release. Each of them is searching for a way out.
Then, one day, Yu finds out the secret of her birth. Shun learns what became of his brother. With

Directed by : Naomi KAWASE
Year of production: 2002
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 minutes

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