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Introduction

Japan / 2024 / 100 min
Director：DU Jie

The story revolves around two couples. One young man loses his photographer girlfriend to suicide, and episodes with her before and after her death are woven into the story in a shifting timeline. The second storyline follows the relationship between a woman who works in a pet-related store and a man who works in a Japanese restaurant. After accidentally finding a ring inside a fish, the couple plans to get married, but tragically break up just before their honeymoon... This is the feature directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Jie Du, known for more than 20 films by star directors such as Sicheng Chen, Hu Guan, and Hao Ning. Du also undertook scriptwriting, cinematography, editing, and production design. This film is an adaptation from one of the short stories he wrote during his family trip in Japan in early 2020, when the pandemic hit. Many of the key production crew of Sicheng Chen’s “Detective Chinatown 3” (2021), which was largely shot in Tokyo, are also involved in this film. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival New Currents section.

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