Yuji Nakae

Nanako (Naomi Nishida) quits her job in Tokyo and returns to her home island of Okinawa, a tranquil island whose inhabitants see themselves as very distinct from mainland Japan. It is here on the island that her grandfather Keitatsu (Seijin Noborikawa), her grandmother Nabbie (Tomi Taira), and other members of her old respected family live. (world movies)

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn’t let go of his wife’s ashes, although she died 13 years ago… (Letterboxd)