Fumi is about to turn 20 and start living on her own. She lives with her meddling father and her older brother, Mucchan, who has stayed shut in his room for 10 years. Fumi brings meals to his door and knocks—her quiet routine. As Mucchan fades from daily life and her father turns a blind eye, Fumi feels torn about leaving them. One day, she wanders into a town where the sun never sets—and there, she meets Mucchan again. She searches for what remains real as the lines between her suffocating reality and laughter-filled summer days with him begin to blur and collide.

Born in Osaka, Murata Hina received her degree in film from Kyoto University of the Arts. Her first film, WATER AND FISH (2021), was selected for the Japan category at the SSFF & ASIA 2022. Her first feature film, THE MIDNIGHT SUN (2024), won the Excellence Award in the Domestic Feature Film category at the SKIP CITY International D-Cinema Festival 2024. It was also selected for the TAMA NEW WAVE 2024 Un Certain Regard category and the Osaka Asian Film Festival.