Tsubame

Tsubame, an abandoned son of Chinese and Japanese mixed race, traveled across the ocean to this place that his mother said was beautiful, found the starting point of his self-identity, and realized that what he loses is actually what he gains. Tsubame was separated from his mother when he was five years old. Even as an adult, Tsubame could not understand the reason for the separation. Even his gentle stepmother did not quite understand his thoughts. At his father's request, he went to his mother's hometown of Taiwan to meet his brother, whom he had lost contact with for 23 years. In the process of getting along with his brother's children, he recalled several moments with his mother during his childhood, and gradually understood that he had never been left behind... Keisuke Imamura has long been a photography director and has collaborated with director Fujii Michio. This film is his first feature film. It was shot in Kaohsiung City, blending the scorching sun of southern Taiwan and the sparkling light of Hong Kong into a strong scene. He thought that the mother's love was long gone, so he returned home with tired swallows full of eyes. The director uses the ubiquitous issue of the native language of the new residents to break down the ethnic divisions; the streets, noisy markets and silent cemeteries where ordinary people live seem to be a foreign hometown, and it is the most magical and realistic growth narrative.