A tree watches two kids grow up across seasons. It doesn't judge them, doesn't change, doesn't leave. That's the whole show, and it's enough to break you.

In the city of Takeoshi in Saga Prefecture, a boy named Souta and a girl named Rinko Yamaguchi grow up under the eye of a huge camphor tree that has lasted through years and seasons. The slice of life film was made as part of a set of shorts showcasing the prefecture's culture and was screened at the Saga Prefectural Space and Science Museum. Nao Touyama voices Rinko and Nobunaga Shimazaki voices Souta.