Falling Into Silence
In a rural town surrounded by beautiful nature in Gifu, Minoru Okura, who lost his mother to mental illness during elementary school, seeks out a psychic who can communicate with the dead in the city…
Falling Into Silence
In a rural town surrounded by beautiful nature in Gifu, Minoru Okura, who lost his mother to mental illness during elementary school, seeks out a psychic who can communicate with the dead in the city of Gifu. In a rural town surrounded by beautiful nature in Gifu, Minoru Okura, who lost his mother to mental illness during elementary school, struggles with his absentee father and his younger sister who is a shut-in refusing to go to school. Unable to forget his deceased mother even after ten years, Minoru, approaching the Bon festival, which is said to be a time when the spirits of the dead return home, seeks out a psychic who can communicate with the dead in the city of Gifu. There, he learns that drugs can induce experiences similar to near-death experiences, sparking his curiosity about the afterlife and gradually leading him down a path of delinquency. Amidst this, he meets Juri, an older girl who has returned from Tokyo. Juri, who possesses both the kindness and strictness reminiscent of a mother, becomes a presence that fills the emptiness in Minoru's heart. However, a tragic incident suddenly strikes Minoru's family, tearing his heart apart. As Minoru's curiosity about death turns into fear, the madness lurking within him begins to surface little by little. Supported by the warmth of those around him, Minoru accepts the fear of eventually losing everyone and everything and decides to cherish what is important and live in the present. This is the story of one summer for a boy who decides to live for what is precious to him.
Falling Into Silence
Drama
Film Details
In a rural town surrounded by beautiful nature in Gifu, Minoru Okura, who lost his mother to mental illness during elementary school, seeks out a psychic who can communicate with the dead in the city of Gifu. In a rural town surrounded by beautiful nature in Gifu, Minoru Okura, who lost his mother to mental illness during elementary school, struggles with his absentee father and his younger sister who is a shut-in refusing to go to school. Unable to forget his deceased mother even after ten years, Minoru, approaching the Bon festival, which is said to be a time when the spirits of the dead return home, seeks out a psychic who can communicate with the dead in the city of Gifu.
There, he learns that drugs can induce experiences similar to near-death experiences, sparking his curiosity about the afterlife and gradually leading him down a path of delinquency. Amidst this, he meets Juri, an older girl who has returned from Tokyo. Juri, who possesses both the kindness and strictness reminiscent of a mother, becomes a presence that fills the emptiness in Minoru's heart.
However, a tragic incident suddenly strikes Minoru's family, tearing his heart apart. As Minoru's curiosity about death turns into fear, the madness lurking within him begins to surface little by little. Supported by the warmth of those around him, Minoru accepts the fear of eventually losing everyone and everything and decides to cherish what is important and live in the present.
This is the story of one summer for a boy who decides to live for what is precious to him..