Ichiko lives in Komori, a tiny village in northeastern Japan. She moved out to the city once, but felt lost there and returned. With no supermarkets or convenience stores nearby, living in Komori is like living off the land. She grows her own rice, works the farm, and makes meals out of seasonal foods gathered from the neighboring mountains and fields...
Junichi Mori (Tokyo, 1967) made his directorial debut in 2002 with the feature film, Laundry, winner of an award at the Sundance Film Festival and at the Montreal World Film Festival. He is the author of Amoretto (2004), Renai Shousetsu (2004, adapted from a novel by Kazuki Kaneshiro) and Gravity’s Clowns (2009), among others. His previous film, Little Forest – Summer/Autumn, participated in the Culinary Zinema section in 2014.