A serene meditation on opportunities missed and options not taken, Ogata’s second feature deals with the long-suppressed love between two flawed individuals. 50-ish Minako delivers milk every morning to the people of picturesque Nagasaki, then goes to her regular job as a supermarket clerk. She and Kaita, a public servant, were childhood lovers but drifted apart after a traumatic incident. When Kaita’s dying wife Yoko asks them to renew their relationship, both Kaita and Minako are confused and angry, but gradually rediscover each other.

SCREENING · 27 Aug Wed 7.30pm

Distribution: Print courtesy of The Japan Foundation

THE MILK WOMAN
2004, Japan, 127 min, Colour, 35mm, PG
Directed by OGATA Akira