Beyond Winter (2026)

Five souls find purpose at a remote mountain lodge on Mount Nasu, bound together until spring arrives. Their annual workplace, a ski resort, has shut down. A young woman, burdened by family shame, throws herself into the muddy toil of a lotus root field. Meanwhile, the second son of a dairy farmer wrestles with inheriting the family farm. Completing the circle are a man raised in an orphanage and a girl haunted by her father's suicide. In this tale of rebirth, the entire town wraps them in compassion, sparking a fresh start.