Heroine: Taeko Okajima
At the age of 27, a Tokyo office worker was popular with the people around him. In the summer of 1982, I asked the company for a 10-day vacation to travel to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, and experience local life along the way. In the days of living on the farm, Taeko laboriously collected safflower for dyeing cloth. In addition to falling in love with the natural and quiet life, I often recall myself and my moments in the fifth grade of elementary school.
At the age of 11, he was in the fifth grade of a co-educational primary school. He has potential in painting and acting, and has the opportunity to be a child character in a drama at the Cultural Festival, and a university theatre troupe would like to invite him to perform.
The hostess took a car to go to the countryside of her sister-in-law's house for a vacation. She was in the car and recalled her 11-year-old time. For example, the quarrel with the father, the confession of the boy, the secret of the girl.
This film delicately depicts a girl's childhood memories and life feelings, which makes people move and think about their own childhood.
Hey, what were you doing when you were 11?
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