I Lived in Kyoto For A While

I Lived in Kyoto For A While

2019 · 85 min · ★ 6.8 · Family, Drama

27-year-old Eto Kana lives in Tokyo and has never been out of the city before. She used to work as a designer and stay in a company dormitory but moved back to her family home after resigning due to the stress from interpersonal relationships. Meanwhile, Kana’s family gets a call about an elderly granduncle who got injured. She goes to Kyoto where he lives at the request of her worried mother and stays there for several days to take care of him.

Directed by Takuma Yoshimi · Written by Tomohiro Yokomaku

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Fumino Kimura Eto Kana
Masaomi Kondo Oga Shigeru

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