Japanese New Wave(17th Fresh Wave)

Movie Name: Parents' Day
Language: Japanese, English(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 23 mins
Director: YASUDA Mana

Movie Name: The Youngest Daughter
Language: Japanese(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: IIA
Duration: 30 mins
Director: MICHIMOTO Saki

Movie Name: Far, Far Away
Language: Japanese(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 30 mins
Director: DANZUKA Yuiga

Parents' Day tells five different stories that cleverly reflect on the social structure, family relationship and education system in contemporary Japan. The Youngest Daughter depicts that, Natsumi, One day, tired of the family situation, Natsumi runs away and finds refuge in her loving grandmother in the countryside. In Far, Far Away, Sara whose mother died when she was 15, meets an older woman, TAKEUCHI. Learning that TAKEUCHI’s daughter died at a young age, Sara seems to see some fateful significance in this eerie coincidence and comes up with a bold proposal.