Tsurubami-Iro no Nagiko-tachi

The film follows Kyoto during the Heian period(the 10th century) in Japan. <br><br> Tens of thousands dead, gutters filled with corpses, children abandoned in the mountains, and groups of wild dogs vigilantly watching outside the city. <br><br> The elegant image of the Heian period has been shown in many literary and artistic works. However, Katabuchi's new work takes us back to Kyoto a thousand years ago, when the city was shrouded in darkness due to repeated epidemics of plague.