The Village

The Village

All the glory of a man is nothing but a short dream.

Directed by Michihito Fujii

Produced by STAR SANDS, KADOKAWA

2023120 min6.8 / 10

A melancholic social thriller about economic entrapment and environmental degradation, where a young man struggles against the weight of circumstance and inherited poverty.

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.

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