

Original title: わたしは光をにぎっている
Directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa
Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.

Ken Mitsuishi
Kyosuke Misawa
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama