Hitoshi Omika

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

We follow Takumi and his daughter who lead a modest life in the village in the middle of nature. One day Takumi receives word that there are plans to build a glamping site near his home. The discovery that wastewater will be piped into the village’s water source not only causes unrest among the residents, but also affects Takumi’s life.

Three young men gathered at a snack bar. Their friends' idle chatter gradually takes an unsettling turn when one of them announces he's quitting his job at the bar. What will he do once he quits? Three options come up: "grow marijuana," "get a face tattoo," "rob a taxi." It should have ended there, as just drunken nonsense. But later, Kurono (Takuma Fujie), who had been at the bar, gets into a taxi driven by Komatsu (Shingo Mizusawa), a man who collects bird calls as a hobby — and events spiral in an unexpected direction. This short film was shot in 2021 by Hitoshi Omika, who made his directorial debut with the medium-length film "Gifu Yofu" (Stepfather, Adoptive Father), and was completed three years later. Portraying a single day in the lives of people whose fates are derailed by a chance encounter, the film is charged with raw tension and an indefinable sense of unease.

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