Kamihate Store (2012)

Original title

カミハテ商店

Directed by

Tatsuya Yamamoto

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly woman runs a small store in a rural Japanese town. She interacts with local residents as they come and go, revealing their everyday lives and small struggles.

melancholicslow-pacedcontemplativewistfulgroundedunderstatedquietcharacter-driven

What happens

Kamihate Store (Japanese: カミハテ商店, Hepburn: Kamihate shōten) is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Tatsuya Yamamoto. It stars Keiko Takahashi, Susumu Terajima, Morio Agata, Ryushi Mizukami, Kento Fukaya, and Miho Hiraoka. The movie was featured at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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