Futatsume no mado (2014)
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Nijirô Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Miyuki Matsuda, Tetta Sugimoto, Makiko Watanabe, Jun Murakami
On Amami Ōshima, a high-school student discovers a drowned body during the village’s August dance and struggles to talk about what he saw.
The story
During Amami Ōshima’s August dance, held on a date chosen by each village in the lunar calendar’s eighth month, high-school student Kaito discovers a drowned body in the sea. His classmate Kyoko saw him heading there, but he finds it difficult to tell her what he saw. Kyoko is struggling to accept that her mother, Isa—a spiritual medium called a yuta—believes her death is approaching. Isa says she is not afraid because life continues through her children. Kaito’s parents are divorced, and he visits his father in Tokyo; Kyoko invites him, though the account gives no further details.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
On the night of the August dance, held on a date chosen by each village on Amami Ōshima during the eighth month of the lunar calendar, high school student Kaito discovers a drowned body in the sea. His classmate Kyoko had seen him heading to the sea, but he finds it hard to talk about seeing a corpse there. Kyoko’s mother, Isa, is a yuta, a spiritual medium, and has realized that her own death is approaching. Kyoko cannot accept this, but Isa tells her that life continues through one’s children, so she is not afraid to die. Kaito’s parents are divorced, and he visits his father in Tokyo. Kyoko, who is emotionally sensitive, invites Kaito to …
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