In a tiny suburban Tokyo apartment, the Hirabuki family, a couple with two children, is getting ready for a trip. The question, “Where are we going?” is met with silence. The camera does not follow them on their joint trip, it observes each person individually. When the son returns from a visit to a museum with his father, his mother and sister are not home. The child doesn’t recognize the signs heralding the parents’ separation. This is how Fumito Fujikawa begins his docudrama, bringing the camera into the life of a family he knows personally. (Source: oaff.jp)Edit Translation