Storytellers (うたうひと), Ryusuke Hamaguchi Ko Sakai, 2013

Part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share disaster experiences with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previous films The Sound of Waves and Voices from the Waves, is found in folk tales from the region. Folk storytellers Ito Masako, Sasaki Ken, and Sato Reiko gather at Kurikomayama in Miyagi Prefecture. Folklore scholar Ono Kazuko, the founder of Miyagi Minwa no Kai, acts as an interviewer as they tell a series of fantastic and outlandish tales, including the story of a girl who marries a monkey.