Fire Flower (2026)

In the shadow of the Tōhoku earthquake’s catastrophic tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Yoko Hayasuke’s diary captures a world hesitating between rupture and routine. The city of Tokyo refuses to pause, sprawling ever outward, while contaminated earth is quietly swapped for fresh, clean soil—a stark metaphor for a society determined to move forward even as the ground beneath it remembers the devastation.