KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The motif of this work is Okinawa's traditional Eisa dance. The setting is Tsurumi Ward in Yokohama City. Nakadori Shopping Street hosts a Michi Junee festival every summer.

The scenery there is very energetic and sometimes nostalgic, making you feel as if you were in Okinawa. Through Eisa, this work conveys the bonds between people, empathy, and gratitude towards their ancestors, embodying the spirit of Okinawa.

With the support of Okinawa City, the home of Eisa, they continue to carry on the tradition. Everyone from the Sonda Youth Association in Okinawa City also appears in the work, and an authentic and powerful Eisa performance is one of the highlights.

This film aims to convey the charm of Eisa to a wide audience and promote the attractions of both Okinawa City and Tsurumi Ward in Yokohama City.

We are now marking the 12th year since the major disaster, the Great East Japan Earthquake, that occurred in Japan.

The online community "KIZUNA-NO Community," operated by QON Inc., extracted numerous life episodes related to various human "bonds" submitted by people, totaling over 14,000 episodes, which resonated with many participants, and then adapted them into a screenplay.

Set in the six Tohoku prefectures, the production of five short movies with a focus on "bonds" followed a stance of regionally-driven filmmaking.

Connecting these five short movies into a single piece, the result is the film "THE BOND STORIES."