2000/164 min/35mm
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
FIPREPSCI, Festival del film Locarno, 2000
Best Actress Award for Yuko NAKAMURA, BAFICI Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, 2001
| Writer/Director | Naomi Kawase |
| World Sales | Wild Bunch |
Yuko NAKAMURA
Toshiya NAGASAWA
Miyako YAMAGUCHI
Toshiyuki KITAMI
Ken MITSUISHI