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

Some things are just impossible to resist...

Yuriko is a 30-something aromatherapy masseuse. Her specialty is healing tired souls with her exquisite choice of aromas and her sensitive touch. She has a dark secret. It's a 17-year-old high school boy, Tetsuya. She's drawn to his special aroma... his sweaty body odour. But Tetsuya is her boss's nephew! As Yuriko struggles with her dilemma over Tetsuya, well-endowed Ayame demands private aromatherapy lessons from Yuriko...

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2010

About the director: YOSHIDA Kota won the special jury's award at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2008 for a movie he wrote and directed, Big Sister Goes with Her Brother / Onechan ototo to iku. Hours before the award ceremony, he had a stroke and cerebral aneurysm at an unusually young age, and collapsed. Yuriko's Aroma is the first movie he's directed since his stroke.

Director's Statement

Programmer Notes: An unusual film that bubbles with youth and promise. A director's personal journey captured in metaphors and heralds his returns after a brief diversion. Director Yoshida will be present during the screening for a question and answer session.