Description: Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after spending five days in a row glued to unfolding earthquake footage on TV. Her helpless husband Komura takes a week’s leave from work and heads north to deliver a box and its unknown contents to two young women. His colleague Katagiri, a simple debt collector by profession and an awkward loner in life, returns home one evening to find a two-metre-tall frog asking for his help to save Tokyo from an imminent earthquake. Through memories, dreams and fantasies, Kyoko, Komura and Katagiri, influenced by their visions of earthquakes—which are manifested as evil willow trees, giant earthworms, secret vows, mysterious boxes and a dark, endless corridor—attempt to rediscover their true selves.
Overview
Production Company:
Miyu Productions
Cinémadefacto
Doghouse Films
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Productions l'Unite Centrale
An Original Picture
Studio MA
Arte France Cinéma
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
ARTE
Ciné+
Eurimages
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Téléfilm Canada
Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC)
Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision
Gestion SODEC
Luxembourg Film Fund
The Harold Greenberg Fund
Crédit d'Impôt pour la Production Cinématographique ou Magnétoscopique Canadienne
Nederlands Filmfonds
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Région Île-de-France
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cinéventure 5
Cinémage 14
Cinéaxe
Arte Cofinova
Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma
Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)