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Town Without Sea

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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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