

“kintsukuroi (n) 1. Japanese art of repairing pottery using gold; 2. strength and beauty found in something that has been broken”
Kintsukuroi depicts the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans by President Roosevelt during WWII, following two families from the Western prison camps to European battlefields as they endure injustice yet maintain dignity amidst ordeal.
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Original Language
EN

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.

Mrs. Ito
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.