Hesomori (Title subject to change)

[Machine Translation] This fantasy drama takes place in Fukui Prefecture, the birthplace of Echizen washi paper, which has a 1,500-year tradition. A paper-maker inherits the role of "hezomorori," a guardian of a time tunnel called "navel," which connects the past and present, and struggles to protect the secret of the hole with his childhood friends. Starring Nagashima Toshiyuki of "The Tree of Clear Light" and others. The film co-stars veteran actor Go Wakabayashi, Mizuki Tanimura (Oniichan no Hanabi), and Ikkei Watanabe, who is active in a variety of films and TV dramas, among other talented actors. Directed by Tomomi Iritani, who has worked on many commercials and this is his first feature film. Satoshi, a 10-year-old boy living in Fukui Prefecture, goes out with his friends to gather wild vegetables in the mountains, where they find a strange-shaped pillar and a hole (navel). Forty years later, Satoshi (Toshiyuki Nagashima) is working as a paper-maker for Echizen washi paper, but the existence of the hole becomes known to the world. The world finds out about the hole...

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1500年の伝統を持つ越前和紙の産地である福井県を舞台に繰り広げられるファンタジー・ドラマ。過去と現在をつなぐ穴 (へそ)と呼ばれるタイムトンネルを守る「へそもり」の役目を受け継いだ紙すき職人が、幼なじみたちとその穴の秘密を守るため奔走する。主演は、『透光の樹』などの永島敏行。共演には、ベテランの若林豪、『おにいちゃんのハナビ』の谷村美月、映画やテレビドラマなど多彩に活躍する渡辺いっけいなど、実力派がそろう。監督は、多くのCMを手がけこれが長編初監督作品となる入谷朋視。 福井県に暮らす10歳の少年さとしは、友人たちと山菜取りに出掛けた山で奇妙なほこらと穴(へそ)を見つける。好奇心が抑えられなくなった彼らはその穴を探検し始め、気が付くと幕末の世界に迷い込んでしまいピンチを迎えるも、間一髪で「へそもり」のたけじい (若林豪)に助けられる。40年後、さとし (永島敏行)は越前和紙の紙すき職人として働いていたが、穴の存在が世間に知られてしまい・・・。