Mayako Sadasue

I Want the Sun

Sho Watanabe, 77, has worked as a lighting technician for many years, longing to work in the film industry. However, when his wife, Tomiko, suddenly developed Alzheimer's disease, he took a video and 16mm camera and began documenting her and the people around her. This film is the result of compiling and editing the vast amount of film he had accumulated in this way.

The Earth

For some reason, Ryohei, an elementary school student, becomes interested in garbage trucks and starts helping an uncle who works there. Ryohei's classmates and family members, who had initially ridiculed him, are impressed by Ryohei's single-minded demeanor and begin to help him without realizing it.

Gondola

Ryo works as a window washer for high-rise buildings in Tokyo, spending his days suspended in the air on a gondola by himself. Inside one of these apartments, 11-year-old Kagari lives with her neglecting mother and plays with her two pet birds. One day, Kagari finds one of the birds injured and Ryo, who happens to be washing her window outside, takes her to the veterinary hospital, ushering in an unlikely friendship and journey of self-discovery.