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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
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Ichiko's rural return is measured in growing, gathering and preserving rather than a conventional chain of dramatic confrontations. Junichi Mori makes the work behind each meal visible, so the seasonal rhythm feels earned. Choose it when you want to settle into practical routines. This is the Japanese summer-and-autumn film, followed by a separate winter-and-spring instalment, rather than the later Korean adaptation.
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About Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.