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- Softcover
- 72 pages
- 210 x 244 mm
- ISBN 9784865412246
- Japanese, English
- Mar 2026
A photobook that quietly observes two travelers moving through the snowy landscapes of Hokkaido.
Set against the vast winter scenery of Hokkaido—the setting of the film Abiding—the book follows Michiru and Toa as they move through the same landscapes, sharing moments that remain beyond words.
These photographs were taken during the filming of Abiding by its director, Sara Masuda, who is also recognized for her work as a photographer.
Although some images originated as film stills, the photographs gathered in this book form their own quiet current. Through a sequence where color and black-and-white images weave together, another “Abiding” gradually emerges—one that breathes at a different rhythm from the film.
Snowfields, forests, frozen lakes.
Within the light of the Hokkaido landscapes Masuda loves, the silence and distance that arise between people—and the faint warmth that sometimes appears within them—are gently recorded.
Cinema holds time as it flows,
a screenplay holds Michiru’s view through the viewfinder, in the role of a female photographerand the photographs hold Masuda’s own gaze.
Moments that pass across the screen are preserved here as still images, allowing the subtle presence of light and the quiet space of emotion to slowly surface.
This photobook draws from another hidden current: the question posed by the film ─ What is happiness?—gathering it like fragments of time that remain with us.
Publisher
Category
Information
- Softcover
- 72 pages
- 210 x 244 mm
- ISBN 9784865412246
- Japanese, English
- Mar 2026
