Wai-chan is one of the last remaining fishermen of Ushimado, a small village in Seto Inland Sea, Japan. At the age of 86, he still fishes alone on a small boat to make his living, dreaming about retirement. Kumi-san is an 84-year old villager who wanders around the shore everyday. She believes a social welfare facility "stole" her disabled son to receive subsidy from the government. A "late-stage elderly" Koso-san runs a small seafood store left by her deceased husband. She sells fish to local villagers and provides leftovers to stray cats. Forsaken by the era of modernization of post-war Japan, Ushimado, is rapidly aging and declining. Its rich, ancient culture and the tight-knit community are also on the verge of disappearing. Portrayed in black and white photography, this observational film by Kazuhiro Soda poetically depicts the twilight days of a village and its people by the dreamlike Inland Sea. (Source: Cinema Studies UPenn) ~~ Screening Dates: February 17, 2018 (Berlin International Film Festival) || April 7, 2018 (Theatre) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- עברית / עִבְרִית
- dansk
- Native Title: 港町
- Also Known As: Minatomachi
- Director: Soda Kazuhiro
- Genres: Documentary
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