KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL 2020

A self-portrait from the medical field. This is said to be the era in which it is normal to live to be 100 years old, but this film asks if living a long life makes you happy. The writer is 70 years old, and has been working as a nurse for 47 years. The hospital where she works is exclusively for elderly people. It doesn't accept walk in patients. The camera is pointed at patients extending their lives with tubes, and the nurses that provide end-of-life care. This is a film that makes you think about your latter years.

When bears come into residential areas the media makes a fuss, but in Hokkaido there are really big brown bears. The brown bear incident occurred about 100 years ago. A single brown bear attacked several private homes in Tamamae-cho in western Hokkaido, killing 7 pioneers. This only ended when a team was organized to get the bear and shot it dead. This buried case was uncovered through an interview with Moritake Kimura who worked at the forestry office. The creator of this film investigated through him what happened and why.