Days in the Shade (2003)
In modern-day Kanazawa, writer Tokuda Shūsei returns to his hometown and is quietly drawn to Okine, the daughter of a fading inn. Inspired by four of Shūsei’s works, director Shinji Aoyama (Desert Moon) transforms the inner world of a Meiji-era novelist into a meditative film that drifts between memory and the present, culminating in a luminous live performance that dissolves the boundary between art and life.
Director: Shinji Aoyama
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Kyusaku Shimada as |
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Maho Toyota as |
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Tao Nashimoto as |
| Directing | Shinji Aoyama | Director |
| Writing | Shūsei Tokuda | Story |
| Sound | Dowser | Music |