A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer's day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.
Directed by Yui Kiyohara
tokyo, japan
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Cast
Minami Ohba
Sanae
Ai Mikami
Natsu
Tadashi Okuno
Mr. Takada
Shintaro Yuya
Genya
Crew
Yui Kiyohara
Director
Yui Kiyohara
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4 reviews
kristin
8.0★ · 03/02/24
sooo chill
sooo chill
Cameron Ritter
7.0★ · 09/14/23
It’s not often that the world is given a film that asks us to slow down and look at the scenery and people we are surrounded by. Yui Kiyohara’s sophomore feature, Remembering Every Night, doesn’t just ask us to slow down, it shows us the value of taking this time instead of rushing through life like we have been taught to do. Kiyohara’s follow-up to her 2017 debut Our House tracks three women of various ages as they go about their individual days in the Tokyo suburb of Tama New Town, less than an hour from the heart of Tokyo. The film opens as 44-year-old Chizu (Kumi Hyodo) sets out to locate a friend after finding an old postcard. She is wandering the look-alike streets all day looking for this home. As she is out and about, 33-year-old gas meter inspector Sanae (Minami Ohba) stops and observes Chizu as she attempts to help some children reach something high in a tree in a local park. Chizu also runs across 22-year-old university student Natsu (Ai Mikami) as she is dancing on campus.
The community of Tama New Town contains upwards of 200,000 residents in just under 9 miles in length and up to 3 miles in width. One of the most populous suburbs in all of Japan has an incredible amount of people living right on top of one another, and this film highlights the positives of this kind of urban living. The three main women in Remembering Every Night have likely seen each other countless times throughout their lives as they’ve lived in Tama New Town, but this day just happens to be caught on film for the audience to experience alongside them. None of the women have a real face-to-face interaction throughout the day, but instead look on from a distance as the other goes about their business.
It’s not often that the world is given a film that asks us to slow down and look at the scenery and people we are surrounded by. Yui Kiyohara’s sophomore feature, Remembering Every Night, doesn’t just ask us to slow down, it shows us the value of taking this time instead of rushing through life like we have been taught to do. Kiyohara’s follow-up to her 2017 debut Our House tracks three women of various ages as they go about their individual days in the Tokyo suburb of Tama New Town, less than an hour from the heart of Tokyo. The film opens as 44-year-old Chizu (Kumi Hyodo) sets out to locate a friend after finding an old postcard. She is wandering the look-alike streets all day looking for this home. As she is out and about, 33-year-old gas meter inspector Sanae (Minami Ohba) stops and observes Chizu as she attempts to help some children reach something high in a tree in a local park. Chizu also runs across 22-year-old university student Natsu (Ai Mikami) as she is dancing on campus.
The community of Tama New Town contains upwards of 200,000 residents in just under 9 miles in length and up to 3 miles in width. One of the most populous suburbs in all of Japan has an incredible amount of people living right on top of one another, and this film highlights the positives of this kind of urban living. The three main women in Remembering Every Night have likely seen each other countless times throughout their lives as they’ve lived in Tama New Town, but this day just happens to be caught on film for the audience to experience alongside them. None of the women have a real face-to-face interaction throughout the day, but instead look on from a distance as the other goes about their business.
