JAPAN PREMIERE
TWILIGHT
Yumi, an office worker who is struggling with the death of her best friend in high school. She recalled that she buried a softball with her friend in the school backyard where people rumored that wishes come true if you bury something important to you. When Yumi visits her alma mater that has already been closed for the first time in seven years, she meets a boy who discovers the whole area behind the school building.
Teppei ISOBE
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:19:07
ATOM'S BLOOD
Why do I fight? Why do I have such power? Who am I? One day something like “life” fell down from the sky. That thing, given the name ATOM, grew up to have an extraordinary power and kind heart.
However, people’s desire didn’t leave his power alone. ATOM throws himself in to fight the war which no one knows when to end. Left with people hurt and land devastated, what is the decision ATOM made…?
This is a story of “life” by artist Seitaro Kuroda, dedicated to Osamu Tezuka, whose work inspired Seitaro to become an artist.
Junko TEZUKA
Animation | Action / Adventure | Japan | 2020 | 0:22:02
SOMEONE
One day, Yuko receives a divorce notice signed by her husband who had already left their apartment. Being struggling to put her stamp on it to agree to a divorce, she goes to work and makes and sells stamps for customers. She is asked by her elder sister to look after her nephew after work, and reluctantly spends half a day with him. While spending time with her nephew, Yuko starts questions herself about “not having become a mother”, “non-returnable time with her husband”, and “her own future”.
Ai KAWAMATA
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:26:10