The Old Young Crow + Yaobikuni's Love (Yaobikuni no koi) [In-Person]

This in-person screening of YAOBIKUNI’S LOVE will be preceded by the short film, THE OLD YOUNG CROW:

Mehrdad, now an elderly man, reflects on childhood in Tokyo after his mother’s passing. Navigating an old sketchbook, Mehrdad tells the tale of his encounter with an elderly Japanese woman named Chiyo at the graveyard near his old school.

— About YAOBIKUNI’S LOVE —

According to legendary folklore, Yaobikuni are women who have attained immortality by eating the flesh of a “ningyo”, a variant of mermaid said to grant eternal life.

In this genre-bending story, we follow three modern-day yaobikuni women through fictional documentarian, Miike. Yaobikunis live strange, parallel lives — immortals among mortals — each facing the challenges of dating, motherhood, and loneliness. As Miike spends more time interviewing the Yaobikuni women, those involved gradually start to disappear.

Using a stylistic blend of gothic mythologically,  multimedia sequences, and pseudo-documentary footage, YAOBIKUNI’S LOVE is a remarkable, unparalleled experience.