Great Absence

A naive young man from China is anxiously memorizing “his hope” in the middle of the noisy crowd in Shibuya.

Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, jilts his lovestruck fiancée Molly the day she arrives to be married. As he flees into an unexpected odyssey across Asia, the free-spirited Molly-amused by his moves-follows in pursuit, embarking on a globe-trotting cat-and-mouse chase.

A Chinese man who is living illegally in Japan bluffs his way into a job preparing traditional Japanese soba noodles.

Risaki is coming back home to her wintery countryside, Yamagata which is 400 km away from Tokyo. There is seemingly unchanging snowy life of her beloved family and home village-snow shoveling, making pickles, bridges over a big river covered with snow, and kaki fruits left unharvested on its tree.

Toshihiro's daughter, Natsumi is leaving for the distant city this morning. Empty House starts just after he saw her off at the door. He entered back to the house and made coffee just for himself. Suddenly, the door opened. Then he looked back to see Natsumi, who left the house just 5 minutes ago. She said she forgot something.