NOSARI – IMPERMANENT ETERNITY

NOSARI – IMPERMANENT ETERNITY

2DCS/ES12
Director:YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
Cast:FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako
Premiere:27. February 2024
Length:129 minutes
Genre:Drama

Director: YAMAMOTO Tatsuya  •  Cast: FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako

“Hi Grandma, it’s me. I need to borrow some cash…” A young scammer travels through Japan and convinces unsuspecting elderly people to entrust their savings to him. However, ‘grandma’ Tsuyako is not about to become just another prey of the tricks that Japanese fraudsters commonly play on old people. She is lonely but not helpless. She invites Shota, her false ‘grandson’ who she had not seen in ages, to her home. Despite his initial resistance, she eventually makes him help her. In return, he is shown kindness that he had never experienced in his life before. In the film’s secondary plot, radio anchor Kiora explores the golden era of the Amakusa Gintengai shopping mall, which is currently operated only by elderly shop owners. In her search for vintage films and photos, she comes to Mrs Tsuyako’s music shop. Against his will, the false Shota gets dragged into this project as well and discovers that young people can have nobler goals than personal profit alone. Browsing old family photo albums, he discovers the history of a great fire and the story of the people’s tremendous solidarity during the subsequent recovery. It may prompt him to realise that he, too, could live a different life. Kind and nostalgic in form, the film points out several problems that the Japanese society is facing today.

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA

Length: 129 min

Year: 2021
Local premiere date: 27. February 2024

Country of origin:

  • Japan

Director: YAMAMOTO Tatsuya  •  Cast: FUJIWARA Kisetsu, HARA Chisako

“Hi Grandma, it’s me. I need to borrow some cash…” A young scammer travels through Japan and convinces unsuspecting elderly people to entrust their savings to him. However, ‘grandma’ Tsuyako is not about to become just another prey of the tricks that Japanese fraudsters commonly play on old people. She is lonely but not helpless. She invites Shota, her false ‘grandson’ who she had not seen in ages, to her home. Despite his initial resistance, she eventually makes him help her. In return, he is shown kindness that he had never experienced in his life before. In the film’s secondary plot, radio anchor Kiora explores the golden era of the Amakusa Gintengai shopping mall, which is currently operated only by elderly shop owners. In her search for vintage films and photos, she comes to Mrs Tsuyako’s music shop. Against his will, the false Shota gets dragged into this project as well and discovers that young people can have nobler goals than personal profit alone. Browsing old family photo albums, he discovers the history of a great fire and the story of the people’s tremendous solidarity during the subsequent recovery. It may prompt him to realise that he, too, could live a different life. Kind and nostalgic in form, the film points out several problems that the Japanese society is facing today.

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA

Year: 2021
Local premiere date: 27. February 2024

Country of origin:

  • Japan