When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty
24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 朝がくるとむなしくなる |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Yuho Ishibashi |
| Runtime | 76 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.4/10 (7 votes) |
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The director constructs an intimate character study, relying on the quiet accumulation of mundane details—the beep of a scanner, the glow of fluorescent lights, the weight of unspoken words. It explores a generation's specific melancholy with remarkable restraint and observational clarity.
What lingers after the credits is not a plot, but a precise and shared emotional texture—that very 'morning emptiness' the title promises. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Yuho Ishibashi
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Best viewed in a quiet, contemplative evening mood.
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