South Of The Border, West Of The Sun

Hajime was a loner, an offbeat only child growing up in a conventional, middle-class suburb of a small Japanese town. Shimamoto had cultivated a cool self-possession to disguise her awkwardness at walking with a limp. Childhood sweethearts, the two would meet after school to listen to records and talk about the future.

Now in his late thirties, Hajime is married, a father, a successful nightclub owner and content finally after years of directionless struggle. He meets Shimamoto again and find himself propelled into the mysterious realm of her life. Overcome by pity, enchantment and desire, he decides that he must risk everything that he has for the chance to consummate his first love.

Bittersweet and passionate, 'South of the Border, West of the Sun' is an intricate examination of human desire and our longing for the unobtainable.