Afraid of Dark
Hundreds of felines inhabit the quiet island of Tashirojima, outnumbering the few elderly residents who maintain a life steeped in fading Japanese culture. Cats - hundreds and hundreds of them - defin…
Afraid of Dark
Hundreds of felines inhabit the quiet island of Tashirojima, outnumbering the few elderly residents who maintain a life steeped in fading Japanese culture. Cats - hundreds and hundreds of them - define the quiet island of Tashirojima. They have just a handful of elderly human residents for company, who maintain a life steeped in fading but beautiful Japanese culture. This heart-warming documentary explores how a tight-knit community of ever more wizened pensioners find joy in their unique island identity, and affection from their feline friends.
Afraid of Dark
Documentary,History,Music
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Hundreds of felines inhabit the quiet island of Tashirojima, outnumbering the few elderly residents who maintain a life steeped in fading Japanese culture. Cats - hundreds and hundreds of them - define the quiet island of Tashirojima. They have just a handful of elderly human residents for company, who maintain a life steeped in fading but beautiful Japanese culture.
This heart-warming documentary explores how a tight-knit community of ever more wizened pensioners find joy in their unique island identity, and affection from their feline friends..