By Dennis Hartley

(Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on June 13, 2026)

Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away. Leaving his wife and young daughter to tend the home fires in Tokyo, a young urban professional treks to a rural burg for an extended stay to assist his father-in-law, who is nursing a broken leg. The father-in-law is the proprietor of an old-school photo studio. Life ensues, and a portrait of the family emerges.

Despite its meditative approach and unhurried pacing, writer-director Miiku Sakanishi’s drama almost feels like a revolutionary act; in this age of phone cameras and instant digital gratification, he dares us to slow down and smell the photo chemicals. Not for all tastes, but if you don’t mind waiting around a bit for your prints to get developed, your patience will be rewarded, and your memories assured.