Kiseki Hamada	...	(Director)
Nobara Takemoto	...	(Writer)
Chiharu Kawai	...	Actress
Kimie Shingyôji	...
Hidetoshi Nishijima	...	Yutaka
Mariko Takahashi	...	Huma
Natsuki Kato	...	Izumi
Yumi Shimizu	...
Kimie Shingyoji	...
Nobutaka Masutomi	...
Hitoshi Ohashi	...	Director of Photography

Comments: Surreal meandering. Some walking. A girl’s relationship with a store. So 90s, so aughts, a time long ago and far away. Intriguing soundtrack work. Shout out to fellow San Franciscan and Funky Forest alum Mariko Takahashi. Wonderful hand-acting. A southpaw at heart. Liv Tyler vibes. Boots

The director’s only film. Its “I wonder if I can do this” aesthetic adds to the charm. Nothing to see here. Beautiful

What is Despair but Hope unmasked?

Summary: Yutaka, tired of his writing job, is asked by his landlord to save his rundown apartment building from demolition by converting it into a variety store called “The End of the World”. Through this, he meets Huma, a high school student detached from her friends and parents, who finds it is the only place she can find any calm