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During Covid-19, many Japanese communities organized fireworks to cheer people up and strengthen the collective spirit while being isolated. Emiko Hiramatsu, an industry veteran and regular writer for Yoji Yamada, uses this as a premise to tell a heartwarming story about her hometown, Kurashiki.

The Tales of Kurashiki is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival

After her husband destroys her paintings, Natsuko leaves behind her family and heads for the big city to continue her art. Not only does she leave behind her daughter Beniko and her autistic brother Kyosuke but also an unfinished family portrait. Years later, Beniko aims to be accepted into an Arts college. Obsessed with the unfinished piece of art by her mother, she is determined to submit the once-finished version as an application work. However, her determination is hindered by her alcoholic father and her sense of responsibility for her brother.

The second storyline is...