The title of Tanaka Toshihiko’s ambitious exploration of human relationships is polysemous. A genderless given name, the kanji character can similarly represent a variety of meanings. As such, it’s the perfect symbol for this portrait of early thirtysomething company employee Matsushita Hikari. Her life is stable and seemingly without worry, unlike many of those around her. But it’s through their struggles that they find their counterparts in life – the balance in relationships that steadies them. Hikari lacks this ballast and this begins to worry her. However, on a trip into the mountains of Hokkaido she encounters a Deaf landscape photographer, Masato. Through him Hikari embarks on a journey that will transform her sense of being and connectedness with the world.
Takara Suzuki
Matsushita Hikari
Toshihiko Tanaka
Masato Uchimi
Maeko Oyama
Asami Kimoto
Shogo Moriyama
Kohei Kimoto
Ikeda Akio
Shinya Sato
Katsumata Keita
Mitsuru Takeda
Tano Mayu
Rie Shiratani
Ryuji Uchida
Daisuke Utsumi
Tsukiyama Manyumi
Satomi Utsumi
Director, Writer
Toshihiko Tanaka
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