Home from the Sea (1972)

Original title

故郷

Directed by

Yōji Yamada

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 9 voters

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 couple on a small island in Japan makes a living hauling rocks by boat to construction sites. The film shows the couple working together and facing the slow disappearance of their traditional way of life.

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What happens

Home from the Sea (Japanese: 故郷, Hepburn: Furusato) is a 1972 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada and co-written by Yamada with Akira Miyazaki. Set on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea, the film follows the struggles of Seichi and Minko, a couple making a living by transporting rocks by boat and dumping them at construction sites. The film addresses their precarious livelihood and vanishing way of life. (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.