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Atmospheric but sentimental: Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase casts her gaze on adoption
by Markie Robson-ScottThursday, 15 April 2021
On the 30
th floor of a Tokyo apartment building, a charming little boy brushes his teeth, watched over by his smiling mother who sings to him gently. He’s full of joy - today his dad’s coming with them on the walk to nursery school. The little family of three walk out together. All seems well – too well - in their comfortable, quiet world.