Koji Fukada's 2013 beach film "Hotori no Sakuko" ("Au Revoir l'Ete") was a loving homage to French master Eric Rohmer, with lengthy European-style vacations bestowed on Fukada's Japanese protagonists.
The film's production company, Wa Entertainment, has now made another Rohmer-esque ensemble drama, "San-paku Yokka Go-ji no Kane" ("Chigasaki Story"), but as indicated in the Japanese title — which translates roughly as "Three Nights, Four Days, Five O'clock Bell") — one more in tune with local realities.
Workmates Karin (Ena Koshino) and Maki (Kiki Sugino) have come to the beach resort of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, to attend the wedding party of Risa (Natsuko Hori), a former colleague who is now helping run her family's 115-year-old inn.