Tamaran Hill (2019)

Tamaran Hill 2019 / たまらん坂 2019 / tamaranzaka

Hinako comes across the novel ‟Tamaran Hill‟ and immediately starts reading it with delight, as ‟tamaran‟ (intolerable) happens to be her father’s favorite swear word. She soon imagines herself inside the book’s story, which also deals with someone intrigued with that particular word, and even meets the real-life author Kuroi Senji there. Kotani Tadasuke mixes narrative and essayistic forms to create a playful ode to literature, writing, and the ambiguity of the Japanese language. (Source: NipponConnection)