Ritoru foresuto: Fuyu/Haru (2015)

Ritoru foresuto: Fuyu/Haru: Directed by Jun’ichi Mori. With Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima. Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

“This is actually 2 films and the second part (Winter/Spring) is my favourite.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMost definitely one of my most loved films ever, I expect quite a few people will not get it and indeed I am shocked how little attention it has garnered.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt continues to haunt me now, weeks after, and after several viewings, it created such a slow burning set of emotions that even now I feel a lump in my chest when I think about… Just wonderful.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI am becoming a kind of disciple maybe, torn between trying to get as many people to see it and yet also fearing that most people may not get it, maybe I am in such a place right now that is resonates for me, while for others it just falls flat.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDonu0026#39;t watch if you need action and violence and sex, or a definite story with neatly tied up conclusions, though I found the ending satisfying and was enchanted by the traditional dancing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat more is there to say, that would not needs hours or acres of screen space?”