Trace of Breath

Trace of Breath

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 2017

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

息の跡

Production Companies

Kasama Film

Director

Haruka Komori

Description

Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakada City, which was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Filmmaker Komori Haruka handles directing, camera and editing in her feature film directorial debut. Sato's home-cum-shop were swept away by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He runs the Sato Seed Shop where he makes everything on his own, including the construction of the prefab building, digging of the well, and creation of the signage, and he also writes a diary using self-taught English about his experiences during the disaster.