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While Shinji is on the train after taking his beloved Caravan for repairs, he notices a woman being groped. The woman, Nana, accepts the man's hand with a blank look on her face. Shinji invites Nana to be his partner in a black-and-white show. He sleeps at the home of his ex-girlfriend Hanae and performs in the tent hut of street vendor Gen-san. Nana's amateurishness is well-received by the audience, and the show continues to be sold out every day. Then, Nana is given an ocarina as a gift by a middle-aged customer, and suddenly disappears...
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JA
Gen-san
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.