At a Town by the Sea

Film in the third group of works from the hands-on filmmaking academy Cinema Impact, which made a stir with the participation of numerous up-and-coming directors. Vibrator director Hiroki Ryuichi shoots on his home turf in Fukushima Prefecture, and portrays interwoven lives in a seaside town. Victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, volunteers helping out with reconstruction, reporters covering the damage, and a production crew shooting a porn movie. Unexpected encounters emerge in a seaside town in Fukushima Prefecture, still deeply marked by damage from the earthquake.