Kamihate Store

year: 2012
director: Tatsuya Yamamoto
cast: Keiko Takahashi, Susumu Terajima, Morio Agata

Chiyo runs the store where her mother once sold baked goods of local renown. However, she lacks the strength to carry on the tradition. Instead, she just blunders her way through life, bound by her phobias and not really connecting with anyone. This general sense of emptiness seems to be a bit of an epidemic in Chiyo's hamlet, leaving people unable to communicate, let alone express any goodwill.