> Sweet Little Lies (closing film)
> Air Doll
> Bare Essence of Life
> Fish Story
> Live Tape
> LALAPIPO
> Yuriko's Aroma

Yojin tends daily his grandmother's organic vegetable garden, putting all his effort into planting, ploughing and harvesting, with poor results. The real meanings of his actions somehow escape him. Life with his grandmother is peaceful, until the day when an odd new feeling gets hold of Yojin. Out of the blue, a girl from Tokyo appears in the countryside. Machiko is a pretty nursery-school teacher who loves children. She has come here to escape her past, the death of her boyfriend in a car crash while he was with another lover. Something Yojin has never experienced before creeps into his heart, and his actions are taken over by a desperate need to be next to Machiko and liked by her. He has the sudden urge to control himself, a feeling that brings unexpected consequences.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009

About the director: YOKOHAMA Satoko was born in Aomori, Japan, and studied filmmaking at the Film School of Tokyo. She has directed the short films Chiemi and Kokkunpatcho (04) and German Plus Rain (07). Bare Essence of Life (09) is her first feature film.