Synopsis
• Official Selection – Cannes Un Certain Regard 1993 • Best Film – Kinema Junpo Awards (Readers’ Choice) 1994 • Best Restored Film – Venice Film Festival 2023 When her parents split and her father Kenichi moves out of their family home, Renko (Tomoko Tabata), a bright and energetic 6th grade girl, is left alone with her mother, Nazuna, in Kyoto. As Nazuna sets out new rules for their life together, Renko makes plans of her own, and sees to it that any changes happening in her family happen on her terms.