The Musical Note and the Seaweed (2008)

Original title

音符と昆布

Directed by

Haruo Inoue

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

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 young girl named Momo lives with her father after her mother left. Her older sister Karin shows up and has a seizure during a meal. Momo learns Karin has Asperger syndrome and ran away from a care facility. Karin is actually trying to make a lullaby for Momo who lost her sense of smell. The answers lie in a photo of musical notes and the house where they lived as kids.

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What happens

『音符と昆布』（おんぷとこんぶ）は、2008年の日本映画。 幼い頃に母と別れ、父と一緒に暮らす小暮ももの家に、実の姉・かりんが現れる。食事中に発作を起こしたかりんを見たももは、かりんがアスペルガー症候群であること、更に住んでいた福祉施設から脱走していたことを知る。だがかりんの本当の目的は、臭覚を失ったもものために“子守唄”を作るため。すべての謎はかりんが探していた“音符の写真”と、幼い頃に住んでいた家の近くにあった・・・。 (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.