Acorns (1941)

Original title

団栗と椎の実

Directed by

Hiroshi Shimizu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

29 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A short film set in wartime Japan. It follows a young boy and his grandfather as they gather acorns and chestnuts. Their simple actions reveal the quiet strain of living through difficult times.

melancholictenderslow-burnquietreflectivebittersweetintimatepoignant

What happens

Les Châtaignes et les Glands (団栗と椎の実, Donguri to shiinomi) est un court-métrage japonais réalisé par Hiroshi Shimizu, sorti en 1941. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.