Acorns (1941)
- Original title
- 団栗と椎の実
- Directed by
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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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