Kyoto uzumasa monogatari (2010)

Kyoto uzumasa monogatari: Directed by Tsutomu Abe, Yôji Yamada. With Hana Ebise, Yoshihiro Usami, Sôtarô Tanaka, Rei Dan. Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up comedian. A visiting lecturer from Tokyo falls head-over-heels in love with Kyoko and asks her to go abroad with him to Beijing, where he has to spend the next few years for his research. But Kyoko cannot decide.

“There isnu0026#39;t much excitement or suspense in this film, itu0026#39;s pretty mellow. But itu0026#39;s a sweet story about love, family and legacy. About the existential question whether to break out or step into your parentsu0026#39; footsteps to keep the family business alive.nItu0026#39;s also just nice to watch a civilization that still has its identity, culture and a semblance of community left, even in a bigger city such as Kyoto. There are still multigenerational households and small businesses and people know one another and interact like one big extended family. This no longer exists in the dying West, which has been totally ripped to shreds by multiculturalism and globalism.”