Jujuba

The tired man standing on the platform is 27yearold Ayumu Ueno Facing an unwelcome trip to his childhood home he goes to light a cigarette What he finds in his pocket however is a jujuba fruit The shiny red skin brings back vague memories of his second mother Rèn Shìróng Born in the Sichuan province of China jujuba fruits were her favorite snack At the time he didnt want to call her Mom so at his fathers suggestion she became Sis As he thinks back on Sis past and present meet drawing us into a world neither dream nor reality People can never really understand each other Thinking back I feel this way because of my former motherinlaw That time when Kansai dialect and Sichuan Chinese flew back and forth around me and I called my mother Sis is recreated on expired 8 millimeter film The expiration date of the film used is the same year that she walked out on us