Eiko Ishibashis music, led by the thin lilt of a violin, swirls in the background.
Who apart from Hamaguchi could make such a functional activity look and feel like a meditation?
Takumis small daughter Hana shares his communion, learning the trees names as they pass through the forest.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’M-Appeal
Which ones you cant touch.
Which ones you’re free to eat.
It is a Japanese version of a Town Hall.
If the glamping site goes ahead, their precious water will be ruined.
He admits he is lonely.
It isnt much to like.
Why doesnt she leave?
By the time they reach Haragawa, they have both decided not to go home.
He chops up some wood and says he has never felt better.
She asks nervously whether deer are dangerous; she wants reassurance to make that leap.
But then of course the tone swings again, taking us into a darker story as night falls.
Hamaguchi is not interested in taking the easy road to a satisfactory resolution.
On the contrary; his story runs up hard against any kind of easy ending.
Nature cannot be evil, only indifferent.
But what about us?
