Underplayed Gems

Town Without Sea

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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

Two childhood friends spend their final year of high school in a small Japanese town. They think about what they want for their futures and what it really means to be happy.

melancholicbittersweetcontemplativegentleintrospectivenostalgicslow-burnearnest

What happens

Town Without Sea (Japanese: 夏、至るころ) is a 2020 Japanese coming-of-age drama film directed by Elaiza Ikeda, starring Yuki Kura, Roi Ishiuchi and Nari Saito. Ikeda's directorial debut, it follows two childhood friends in their last year of high school as they deliberate their future and what happiness means for them. Set in Tagawa, Fukuoka, it is the second entry in the Our Recipe Encyclopedia series of locally-produced films, a project of eiga24ku. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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