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KUSHINA, what will you be

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Director: HAYAMI Moët (速水萌巴)

2018|Japan|68min|Language: Japanese|Subtitles: English

Date Time Venue Guest
3/14 (Wed) 18:35 Cine Libre Umeda 3
3/15 (Thu) 21:30 Cine Libre Umeda 3
KUSHINA, what will you be
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Cast
ONO Miyuki (小野みゆき)
HIROTA Tomona (廣田朋菜)
INAMOTO Yayoi (稲本弥生)
SATAKE Ikumi (佐竹郁美)
ONUMA Suguru (小沼傑)
FUJIWARA Eri (藤原絵里)
Synopsis

Deep in the mountains, hidden in a forest, there is a village populated only by women who ran away from home to commit suicide in the area. It was founded by Onikuma, a strong-willed yet kind-hearted mother and village head-woman who fled from the city with her daughter, Kagu who was 14-years-old and pregnant with the titular Kushina.

Kagu is now 28 and Kushina is 14.She was born and raised in a very simple, sparse and isolated environment where the women they live with survive off the land and harvest cannabis to sell to the outside world. This contact is mediated by Onikuma who protects the place and all who dwell in it. All is well until an anthropologist named Soko Kazano and her male assistant Keita discover the village. Their presence causes disruption and promises the change all of their lives forever.