Little Forest - Summer & Autumn 2014

Based on Igarashi Daisuke's manga, Mori Junichi's four-part film series gently follows a stubborn young woman's simple, solitary life
over four seasons of farming and cooking. After living briefly in the city, Ichiko (Hashimoto Ai) returns to her remote rural hometown of Komori in northeastern Japan. She grows and harvests most of her food by herself, and prepares recipes (recited in instructional voice-over) with seasonal ingredients that hold special memories. Amid the pristine beauty of nature, the endless routine of weeding and the delicious calm of cooking, Ichiko's heart remains restless as she struggles to understand her mother's abandonment and her place in the world.