Remembering Every Night

Section: Focus Japan
Title: Subete no yoru o omoidasu
Director: Yui Kiyohara
Cast: Kumi Hyodo, Minami Ohba, Ai Mikami, Guama Uchida, Tadashi Okujno
Duration: 1h 56m
Country: Japan
Year: 2022

A spring day in the overgrown leafy environs of once hopeful Tokyo satellite city Tama New Town. While tidying up, unemployed 44-year-old Chizu discovers a postcard from an old friend sent several years ago suggesting they get together now that she’s moved nearby. After another unsuccessful session at the local job center, Chizu wanders Tama’s similar-looking streets in search of the postcard address, but meets an unexpected result. Chizu will soon two other women contemplating their past.