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Suzako resolves to continue this rule during her journey: once she saves up one million yen, she will leave her new town and embark on another adventure. Traveling throughout Japan and living a frugal life between working odd jobs, she meets various types of people. Her determination to stick to her rule prevents her from getting too close to anyone, which is just what she prefers. However, Suzako soon realizes that without overcoming her mistrust of others, she gets further away from coming to terms with herself. 

Winner of the My Movies Audience Award at the 2009 Udine Far East Film Festival.  Director Yuki Tanada received the award for Best New Director by the Directors Guild of Japan in 2009.  For her role in this film and several others, actress Yu Aoi received the award for Newcomer of the Year in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2009.

Starring Yu Aoi, Mirai Moriyama, and Pierre Taki

About the Director:

A Japanese director and screenwriter, Yuki Tanada graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Her debut film, Moru, won the Grand Prize at the 2001 Pia Film Festival. Since then, she has directed many critically acclaimed films such as One Million Yen Girl (2008), Ain't No Tomorrows (2008), The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012), and Mourning Recipe (2013). Her most recent film is Round Trip Heart (2015).