Ajisai no uta

Izumi Ashikawa plays heroine Keiko, an elegant, protected daughter who resides with her father in an old, western mansion without having any contact with society. Yujiro Ishihara plays a youth with good intentions who gradually emancipates her from a stubborn, old-fashioned family. Based on a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, who was an authority on romantic youth literature. —Fukuoka IFF