Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions (2021): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2021, Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions is a documentary film directed by Haruka Komori, running about 79 minutes.

What it’s about. After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, Komori Haruka and Seo Natsumi chose to live and film in Rikuzentakata. This work is a visual record of four people who applied for a workshop Komori and Seo devised, showing them visiting the town and getting to know its people and landscape. The opportunity to hear personal experiences of the disaster decreases with time, but this film provides a bridge to new encounters and communication, in addition to including a story written by Seo entitled “Double Layered Town.”

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions page.

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