Okiku and the World backdrop

Okiku and the World

Directed by Junji Sakamoto

Starring Haru Kuroki, Kanichiro Sato

She does not know 'sekai'

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.