Part of KOTATSU: Japanese Films at the Hot Docs Cinema

Directed by IGARASHI Kohei, Damien Manivel • 2017 • Drama, Snow, Aomori • 79 minutes • Trailer

Snow covered mountains in Japan. Every night, a fisherman makes his way to the market in town. His 6 year-old son is awoken by his departure and finds it impossible to fall back to sleep. In the sleeping household, the young boy draws a picture he then slips into his satchel. On his way to school, still drowsy, he strays off the path and wanders into the snow…

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