{"id":128,"date":"2020-12-31T22:11:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2021-01-02T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T08:19:09","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/en\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yasuko was back to her hometown after her mother&#8217;s death.<br \/>\nWorking as\u00a0a writer and a translator, she could keep doing it even after moving to the countryside.<br \/>\nEven though she felt uncomfortable\u00a0living there; &#8220;I don&#8217;t have to be here.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe third sister, Asako, had divorced and came back home with her children.<br \/>\nTime passed by and nothing new happened.<br \/>\nOne day, the second sister, Nene, came back home without notice.<br \/>\nShe needed to find something in the warehouse.<br \/>\nEach sister has different feelings inside of them.<br 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class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038-300x169.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/038.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/035-300x169.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/027-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kotonohajimari.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/027.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script){su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69f46ae7ba2f7_script);}<\/script>\n<p>The movie &#8220;Koto no Hajimari&#8221; (Literally translated as, The Beginning of Things)\u00a0was filmed for 4 days, from March 19 to 22, 2020 in Uchikawa, an old Shinminato area in Imizu city.<br \/>\nThe story was based on one of the episodes from an ongoing project.<br \/>\nShibata, the director, and Naka, the writer, have been working on this for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>During the shoot of this film, the mess of the COVID-19 had started in Japan.\u00a0Different\u00a0protocols\u00a0were declared in the entire country and that put us in a difficult position.<br \/>\nDespite that, we managed to gather, started filming and finally finished\u00a0the said movie following those protocols.<br \/>\nFew weeks later, the\u00a0situation turned worse and more serious unexpectedly.<br \/>\nOriginally, we planned to release this film and enter a film festival but because of this virus it became unclear for now.<br \/>\nEven with those difficulties, we worked from home, kept editing, translating the dialogues and composing\u00a0music at the same time.<br \/>\nSince the effects of the coronavirus have remained deeply, we decided to release this short film on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>From this moment, we&#8217;ll continue to make another film but it would be in the form of a series.<br \/>\nThank you and we hope\u00a0you enjoy our movie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qBGUbMXquOw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasuko was back to her hometown after her mother&#8217;s death. 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