Tremorings of Hope

Country / Region

Japan

Year

2017

Producer

SATO Hiromi

Director

AGATSUMA Kazuki

Time

147min

Language

Japanese with English Subtitles

Production

Peace Tree Products

Distribution

A small fishing village named “Hadenya” located in Minami Sanriku village in Miyagi prefecture Japan where severely suffered by the tsunami attacks by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The film work illustrates the wish for reconstruction and the fluctuation of the mind of people who live the village with under different situation and thoughts through the process of restoring traditional event. The film recorded why people would not leave the damaged hometown and took living with facing the severe reality even after the community was divided and human relationships were cracked by the devastating damage of the disasters. The film is the condensed record of the proof of living at the disaster area in 12 years from 2015.