# The Tale of Iya (2013)

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**Original title**: *祖谷物語―おくのひと―*
**Runtime**: 170 min
**Genres**: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
**Directed by**: Tetsuichirô Tsuta
**Written by**: Tetsuichirô Tsuta, Masayuki Ueda, Masaya Kawamura
**Starring**: Rina Takeda, Shima Onishi, Min Tanaka, Hitoshi Murakami, Sachi Ishimaru, Christopher Pellegrini

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Workmen’s jackhammers shudder at dawn outside a tunnel mouth. A Tokyo salaryman watches a girl lead an old man through poisoned bamboo. His city shadow dissolves with each step. Tsuta’s quiet fable drifts like pollen on still air.

**Mood tags**: outsider, slow-burn, surreal

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