Tokyo, days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after watching earthquake footage for five days in a row. Her distraught husband Komura takes a week off and sets out on a trip north to deliver a box with enigmatic contents to two young women. His office colleague, Katagiri, a modest, unsightly and lonely debt collector, returns home one evening and finds himself face to face with a two-meter-tall frog asking for his help in saving Tokyo from another earthquake. imminent land. Through memories, dreams and fantasies, Kyoko, Komura and Katagiri, influenced by their visions of the earthquake – in the form of evil willows, a giant earthworm, a secret wish, a mysterious box and dark and endless corridor – try to reconnect with themselves.
Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s eponymous work, the film is the proud recipient of the Grand Prix, not only at Anima, but also at Niigata in Japan.
