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Sweet Bean
Why this pick
Its patient seasonal rhythms and close attention to making food create a similarly restorative rural texture, while an intergenerational friendship adds gentle melancholy.
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MOVIE2015 2h 0m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ai Hashimoto
Ichiko
Takahiro Miura
Yuta
Mayu Matsuoka
Kikko
Yoichi Nukumizu
Shigeyuki