Nara International Film festival 2022 TOP
Films
invitation-05_STILL ON THE JOURNEY
Special Invitation Films
[STILL ON THE JOURNEY]

Natsuko works at a nursing home. Every day is the same, and she wonders what the purpose of her life is.
Then, Natsuko comes into contact with an elderly man and gradually finds pride in her work as a caregiver.
This is a story of one girl’s search for the meaning of life in a nursing home.

World Premiere
  • Director：Makoto Sorashita
  • Japan
  • 2021
  • 25min.
  • color
  • -
  • Japanese
  • -

SNS

Screening Dates, Times, and Venues

Free
Sep.23 (Fri.) 13:00-
Bus Terminal

Reserved Tickets

* Only If there are vacant seats, direct entry on site is also possible.

Director
Makoto Sorashita
Recommendations from the NIFF Supporters
Films that people who liked [STILL ON THE JOURNEY] also found interesting
Shrine and Temple Special Programs
[THE GATES OF SHINTO]
Director：Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, Gabrielle Lubtchansky, Mikaël Lubtchansky
NARAtive 2010 - 2020
[THE WOLVES OF EAST]
Director：Carlos M. Quintela
Grand Voyage with Africa
[THE HERBALIST]
Director：Joan Rispa Kiragu
As a 24th generation Kikuoka, running the family p…
Youth Juror Program
[MY SMALL LAND]
Director：Ema Kawawada
[Berlinale Spotlight-Generation]
Films to be screened in the Special Invitation Films
[STILL ON THE JOURNEY]
Director：Makoto Sorashita
Natsuko works at a nursing home. Every day is the …
[THE LETTER MAN]
Director：Satoshi Uemoto
[MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season4]
Director：Ikeda Elaiza, GAZEBO, Takumi Saitoh, Takeshi Fukunaga, Michihito Fujii, Yuki Makabe, Asami Mizukawa, Riko Murakami, Tsuyoshi Muro
A short film project "MIRRORLIAR FILMS" that scree…
[KANARTA: ALIVE IN DREAMS]
Director：Akimi Ota
Sebastian and Pastora live in a Shuar village in t…
[It Rains, and It’s the End]
Director：Izumi Takahashi
[MY HOMETOWN]
Director：AOI FURUKAWA
[AN]
Director：Naomi Kawase