Hito Shizuku (Movie)

[Machine Translation] The story of a local development cooperation team struggling in a small town at the southernmost tip of the mainland. A drop of water will eventually become an ocean. Directed, written, and edited by Daihiro Yamashita, this is his first theatrical film. He moved to Minami-Osumi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, in 2017 with a determination to make a film after getting to know the area. After working as a member of the town's Community Development Cooperation Volunteers, he traveled around 47 prefectures in 2019 by light car, interviewing more than 200 cooperative members and local government officials, and wrote the script. Based on his own real-life experiences and the voices of those in the field obtained through nationwide interviews, he portrays the true feelings of diverse positions with a warm gaze. In this film, in which actors and local residents perform together, the natural expressions and emotions that emanate from their dialogue and behavior create a unique atmosphere. A drop of water will not immediately change the ocean. However, when a drop of water mixes with a drop of water, the ingredients certainly change. And it is the accumulation of sweat and tears, misunderstandings and understandings, challenges and failures in our daily lives that creates the subsequent changes. This is not a flashy film, but there is something that gently lingers in the mind after watching it. I hope it will be a drop in the bucket for the next person, and become the start of a quiet chain of events. Kasumi Sakamoto ( 24 ), born and raised in Tokyo, was feeling stuck in her daily life, not knowing what she wanted to do. One day, by chance, she was attracted by a job offer from the Japan Regional Development Cooperation Volunteers. With a yearning to live in the countryside and a desire to make a fresh start in life, she moved to Minami-Osumi Town in Kagoshima Prefecture and joined the Cooperation Volunteers. Although he was perplexed by the gap between the lifestyle he had envisioned and the one he was looking for, he cried, laughed, and learned as he gradually put down roots in the community. This is a story of one young man's challenge and growth in a small town. The making-of featurette is included as a video bonus.

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本土最南端の小さな町で奮闘する地域おこし協力隊の物語。その一滴は、やがて海となる。監督・脚本・編集を務めたのは、本作が初の劇場公開作品となる山下大裕。地域を知ってから映画を撮りたいと一念発起し、2017年に鹿児島県南大隅町へ移住。同町地域おこし協力隊としての活動を経て、2019年に軽自動車で47都道府県を巡り、のべ200名を超える協力隊や自治体職員に取材を重ね脚本を執筆。自身の実体験と全国取材で得られた現場の声をもとに、多様な立場の本音をあたたかなまなざしで描く。俳優と地元住民が共演する本作では、台詞やふるまいににじむ自然な表情や感情が作品に唯一無二の空気を生み出している。一滴の水が大海をすぐに変えることはない。だが、その"ひとしずく"が混ざることで確かに成分は変化する。そしてその後の変化を生み出すのは、日々の暮らしの中で流す汗と涙、すれ違いと理解、挑戦と失敗の積み重ねである。本作は決して派手な映画ではないが、観終えたあとにそっと心に残るものがある。それがまた次の誰かへの"ひとしずく"として、静かな連鎖のきっかけになることを願っている。──東京生まれ東京育ちの坂本香澄 (24)は、自分が何をしたいのか分からないまま日々に行き詰まりを感じていた。ある日、ひょんなことがきっかけで地域おこし協力隊の求人に心を惹かれ、田舎暮らしの憧れと人生のリスタートを切りたいという思いから、鹿児島県南大隅町へ移住し協力隊に着任する。思い描いていた暮らしとのギャップに戸惑いながらも、泣き、笑い、学びながら地域に少しずつ根を張っていく――。小さな町に飛び込んだ一人の若者の挑戦と成長の物語。映像特典にはメイキング映像を収録。