A message from Susumu, the director of "Submittan": "We are so touched by your love and support, we added extra contents on my account. Please watch them and get to know us more: Cast & Crew watch party and Q&A Pt1: ruclips.net/video/sWsqv1SAijg/видео.html Pt2: ruclips.net/video/AQ7Zkfi0urQ/видео.html From the bottom our hearts thank you!"
Mia Ando was brilliant. Her face carried so much emotion. The music was fantastic. Heightening the emotion. What a sad, sad, story! So well told. Keep making them like this. A meaningful message for our time.
Hi everyone, thank you sooo much for watching our film! My name is Susumu, the writer/director/editor of Submittan. Please send us comments, questions, criticism, anything you would like and I’ll try my best to answer. Thanks for the support!
@@zeemixvideos6485 for editing I used Adobe Premiere Pro. Color was done on Davinci Resolve by my colorist Bobby Ram. VFX were done by me, Kazunobu Sano and Antonio Rodriguez through various software including After Effects!
This was an interesting film, and quite topical. I know that recently it was announced that Japan now has a population of elderly people which has hit 25%, which is quite a tipping point in terms of who will look after them in a working population which is shrinking... The article I read mentioned that immigration will be desperately needed to cover this shortfall, but that Japan is quite strict in allowing people to immigrate into the country. It's an issue that most, if not all, developed nations are facing, made all the more difficult due to the prevalence of anti-immigration attitudes. It seemed to me, that by helping the old woman go to the river, rather than the mountain, the main character is angrily reacting to the all too common attitude our culture has (specifically Western culture, I can't speak for others) of putting elderly people into care homes instead of keeping them close to the family, to look after children (for example). I'm not sure if I missed something, but I was wondering about the relevance of the river - is there a counterpoint to the mountain story in Japanese history that involves a river, or is the symbolism of the river something more general? Great work! My respects to all involved ❤️
No questions here, I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your short. Very moving, and I thought the lead actress, the artist, was great! I could feel her emotions....very well done! :)
Thank you, for this haunting stunning work. It was upon the second viewing that it impacted me , the view of the interment camp. This will stay with me, as all great works of art, and by the way, I'm also a fan of DEVO... lol. I bid you peace and look forward for more of your work.
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for watching our film Submittan! This is Mia, I play the role of Chase in the film. We are so grateful for all of your love and support. Thank you for leaving us the comments, we appreciate them so much. We will continue this journey to keep this story going, so please spread the word, connect with us, and be a part of the Submittan family! Thank you so much again. Sending love! xx
Reminiscent of Logan's Run without the Utopian veneer. Like a marriage of elements from Logan's Run and Soylent Green. I know it's a short, but this could make a great dystopian series.
Thank you! Yes we are developing this into something longer. Funny thing is this played last year at Sci-Fi London Film Festival where they also played Soylent Green - and it was (shamefully) my 1st time watching it!
It's not too far off from being the not-so-great dystopian present. How modern society treats the elderly is shameful, nursing homes might as well be The Mountain with how much concern we give to the people sent to them.
Kudos to Mia Ando for expressing the emotions so elegantly and naturally. Fine story to inspire us we don't have to follow the new norm even if it aligns with history.
Totally moving storytelling, of a future that feels almost all too real, brought to life with some incredible visuals and performances from the cast and crew. Thank you to Susumu Kimura, Daga Malinska, Mia Ando and everyone. Honored to have been a part of this film.
Funny. Liberal socialists made no questions and kneeled to covid restrictions as soon as their mercyless narco/sicario jewish owners told them to. And here are all of them, pretending there is no background message on this story. Any IA with true free will would spot their ignorance and weakness. Prove me wrong. Pro tip: you cant
Our society is too quick to give up on the elderly. They provide a strong connection to our history, a wealth of knowledge of how many things work, and a chance to honor those that came before us.
Thank you for your comment Greg. I feel the same way. I do hope that whenever the talk of disregarding certain group of people comes up, enough people would raise their voices and say no.
A few days ago while shopping in a local store, I had a young employee confide to me that the boomer generation and gen x got paid to just sit around and do nothing. Now, I'm in the gap between the end of the boomers and the beginning of gen x, but most people don't think I'm that old. I was astonished that this young person thought that; so much so that I didn't know what to say or how to respond. Anyone have any ideas for the next time this happens? I'm sure at the years go by, this sentiment among the young will grow stronger.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, trumpubliklans proposed that the elderly should be sacrificed for the economy.."let them die so others can eat and live"..yet they are the first to cry "prolife" political bs
@@sandrafreeman515 Hi Sandra, thanks for the comment! I'm right there with you - maybe a tad older. Not sure how I would respond but I probably would say yup and try to listen what s/he has to say.
Were I a billionaire, these people would have the funding to turn this into a feature length film by this time tomorrow. The best "Dust" film I've seen, period. Just brilliant in every respect.
@@SusumuKimuraLA , I'll let you know when I'm getting close. At present, I'm about $999,999,945.73 short, but I'm thinking of taking on a paper route in order to earn a little extra "executive producer" cash. Seriously, though, this film was nothing short of revelatory. I've watched it three times and am still looking forward to the next time.
Funny. Liberal socialists made no questions and kneeled to covid restrictions as soon as their mercyless narco/sicario jewish owners told them to. And here are all of them, pretending there is no background message on this story. Any IA with true free will would spot their ignorance and weakness. Prove me wrong. Pro tip: you cant
Wow, that was very very well done. Excellent script, acting, lighting, camera work and a perfectly fitting score. Nailed it. Also a very serious and heavy subject to address in a short. I could see this being developed into a much bigger film project. I give it my highest rating of three thumbs up!
I married into a Japanese family. I understand that in a time of famine it wasn't just old people who were taken to the mountain but newborn children who couldn't be fed too. It goes against our instincts and must have been heartbreaking. Great cinema. Thank You
Well that's the first Dust film that has completely blown me away, everything about it and the actors were brilliant with exceptionally sensitive facial expressions, loved it....thank you.
Thank you Barbara for your words! That means so much to all of us here - We're literally reading all comments right here and brown away by your responses!
Great depiction of a person’s internal struggle; feed your family of bow down to “The Man”. Great lead actor performance too. Congratulations to all involved.
Nah, 5G going to take care of all of us older folks. We're dropping like flies lately. Speeds up chronic illness. I don't even care. I'll be released from this world that's gotten so ugly and greedy. Good luck.
All my siblings shared the responsibility of taking care of mom in her final years during her stage four cancer , I wouldn't give up those days for anything .
Very thought provoking film. After she helps the old woman Kathy a cross the river, she is looking up at the mountain again... Then it's over... I wanted her to go see what was up there. Please explain the ending.
Thx for the comments. If you noticed, she hears the siren in the dream sequence all the time - that is sort of like a premonition of what is going to happen to her. So in my interpretation I think she gets caught by the police for what she has done.
I know this question was intended for the film's creator and if my reply is incorrect she will reply with a correction. I personally think the film has allegorically told in the story she related from grandmother followed with a reply of, 'history repeats itself' and and literally shown to the viewer. What's up the mountain is a volcano spewing smoke and magma where the elderly are incinerated.
Excellent film. Terrifying and yet beautiful. Real emotion that rang so true that I was literally in tears. This old literature and creative writing teacher thanks you for this true art. Well done, you.
When I saw the camp in the mountains I had a vision of the Nazi death camps. It was here that they took their elderly to terminate them and to dispose of the bodies in the volcano. Since we all will someday become old like Mary and the man on the bus, I hope such things will never become reality.
For the historical reference, look up 楢山節考, Narayama Bushikō. On RUclips it may be listed in English as "The Ballad of Narayama". It is a very famous Japanese work.
This is superb, so beautifully executed. Dare I say it has a connectivity to the disquieting plot device of "Logan's Run" but with a current take on the looming population imbalance manifest by the elderly... In this fine example, one can draw parallels to 'the Mountain' as (Carousel) and 'the River' as (Sanctuary). It has successfully been drawn as a most unique entry, with a significant and riveting poignancy. It is worthy of being expanded into a feature length cinematic release. Well done.
Wow I could watch this as a series❤In our culture the elders would walk into the bush during hard winters. If they made it threw winter they would rejoin their family in spring. You loved your family. And viewed them as the true legacy you leave behind. Not money or property ❤❤assuring your bloodline carries on❤
@@SusumuKimuraLA Quite rightly so. This is ALREADY happening the world over, especially in the 'developed' world, where there is an exaggerated worship of youth (easily malleable) and contempt for the elderly. Sad. But works like this might help somehow. That's my hope.
That short was amazing, so disheartening and moving. Like movies mentioned in the comments, it gave me that feeling, too. And just sad seeing how elderly folks were treated there, and are sometimes treated in life anyway. I was wishing the Mountain would actually be a nice place to stay, but I knew differently. :( Beautiful work!!
@@SusumuKimuraLA You're welcome, and perhaps we can, even if it begins by short films like this and just being around folks more and appreciating them being with us. ❤
This is a beautiful production, from the bottom to the top. The script, the performances, the camera work and design, all pull together to create a deeply meaningful film. If you can't understand this from every angle, don't blink -- you'll be in all of their shoes one day. I would especially like to compliment the graphic artist for the stunning poster art.
@@7Steels this is another one that my comment doesn't register... artworks are done by Edward Distarce, Tom Szorady, and Kiyoshi Tsukamoto. They are wonderful artists
The mountain is actually a volcano! The director of this short film is subtly hinting about the ill-fated ancient city, Pompeii. That is brilliant. I also feel sad about the way we are slowly becoming inhuman to the extent of discarding the elders in such a cruel fashion. I am 80 (eighty) and thankfully this may not be my fate!!! (:
Mia Ando shines in this. My wife and I felt everything she felt in this most painful, desperate, anguished short we took to be based on the current huge gap between the haves and have nots. Looking on IMDB we were surprised to see so few credits. We expect this actress to become extremely well known when a part in a major work finds her. Seriously, Mia Ando deserves recognition. The only complaint I can find is the graphic obvously based on a concentration camp and the tracks ending before approaching the viewer and going offscreen (presumably) to the city. Every time you see billionaires and corporations which pay no taxes given another tax break please think of the increasingly shrinking "middle class" and growing poverty. If the middle class doesn't grow NOBODY will do well except the 1%.
Hi Ghimmy, I totally agree with you. She will do great things and I am proud to have this film with her! I take your criticism about graphic nature of camp shot. I wanted to treat with the most care because of the history of concentration camps in the world. I am sorry if it evoked too much emotion.
I can see an elderly couple walking along and softly singing: "The water is wide, I cannot get over Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I..."
“In the depths of the mountains, Who was it for the aged mother snapped One twig after another? Heedless of herself She did so For the sake of her son”
Heart-breaking doesn't even come close to expressing the emotions brought into play from this Film. Incredible acting, and the pacing to it's story was top tier. Bravo! 👏
Your film is very well done. It’s very sad & is a reminder of what can happen in a society that doesn’t take measures before it’s too late. Even now, there are several countries that forbid the use of birth control. The main character did an exceptional job in her part. I find it interesting how her daughters are totally unaware of the prevailing situation. From the expression on her face at the end, she sacrificed herself for the old woman, perhaps making up for the loss of her mother sometime in the past. I have heard that the world population has slowed down on overpopulation. Some are worried that the population could reverse itself to the point of near extinction. I haven’t verified any of this, but it doesn’t take much to cause the world population to go either way.
Hi Cee thank you for the comment. I hope the society in general, in addition, is systematically inclusive of every communities including our elders so no one community feels left out. I assume that is major task in itself but I want to use our film to get closer to the characters to summon our emotion, to the 'neigborly love' looking out for each other. Thank you for watching
@@SusumuKimuraLA I couldn’t agree more. And now that I’m one of the elderly, I can certainly understand how it feels to be treated like you don’t matter.
a non-tech scifi, more on the social, ethical side. The big question you sculpted here in dark marble is how to deal with the avalanche of aging people within a paradigm that is from the 19th century... all developed societies are running on the wrong track, as nowhere anyone is to try to change the paradigms. Those include aging in health, staying productive by changing into mindful businesses, dedicated training of the aging people such that they can learn. It is the wrong paradigm of aging that creates the problem of age, it is not aging itself. Now you did a more diagnostic, or fatalistic piece, in amazing photography, perfectly demonstrating the consequences of a wrong paradigm. My question to you: Can you imagine a constructing, positive piece outside of the current paradigm? Though not sth like junipero that deals with palliative aspects only... Thank you for this great piece of Art !!!
hi monnoo, thank you for your comments! Our film is lensed by my friend Dana Malinska, and she did some amazing work here with her crew. It is also colored by Bobby Lam who is also DP. So please follow them if you are curious of their careers! To answer your question, honestly I don't know. For me it is more about building a society that doesn't look people based on only what contributions (power, money, influence, environment et) they make - the society who look at elderlies as covid raged on and said "they had their times" - I just cannot bare the sinister look like that. Then what, I really have no idea, but as I edited this thru covid times, all I wanted was to see the beauty and good of people who care for neighbors and taking actions, which, I think it still exists the world.
Good job. A hopeless and helpless situation with no happy ending in sight. Like it or not we are all on this big blue marble together. We have the wisdom and foresight to create a happy future for the old, as well as the young. Will we use it?
Harrowing film. The scene at the ad agency was perfectly etched; deeply upsetting and set up the 2nd half beautifully. Excellent casting and superior production values. Bravo!
"The Mountain", a nursing home, a dump to discard the elderly, to forget about them, they will die soon enough and our burden will be lighter after we discard them, until it is our time comes to be discarded
Almost a poem as a short movie. It took me the second watching to realize the siren was related the resettlement effort. The movie depicted very well the inequity in the society. The lead Mia Ando expressed a range of emotions. It was almost too subtle to catch - they were about to be homeless due to not enough income to pay the rent and already living in the inexpensive part of the city. Off camera, the mother was likely not eating to make sure her daughters at least had something to eat at school to keep up some level of appearance. The haunting question is, "How would your behave if this was the hand you were dealt in life?" and "What would you tell your children, knowing what is up the mountain?"
At the tender age of seventy I've seen so much science fiction that has become reality, and this is a certainty. Apart from that , a brilliant movie where everything is perfect. Well done. Next up the mountain ?
I'm 73, and my health is taking a downward turn. I can only speak for myself, but I don't want to be a burden on my family or society. When the situation gets bad, it would be nice to have a peaceful "out" option. But the society that claims it is modern will not give its people the freedom to leave. People suffering with many ailments are forced to stay far beyond what they would wish. The idea of forcing people to leave might not be necessary if those with a clear view of reality were permitted to leave on their own terms.
Hi, thank you for your comments, I read it with aching pain in my heart. My mother is ailing but so far our society (at least around her - Japan with nationalized health system) is being nice to her. I wonder she has thoughts like that sometimes. There is a movie called Plan 75 which I haven't seen that came out recently in Japan and that talks about that I think. I personally am not against the idea of self exiting but I am against the idea a certain group deciding fate of another in a sweeping manner using politics and superiority in society, specially without the regards of that group's individual wills. Anyway those are my thoughts - thank you again
Great film, thank you and congratulations to all involved. You packed more story into 15 minutes than most movies manage in two hours! Captivating performance by Mia Ando.
A good time for this, as old people are being thrown under the bus more and more. Since Covid, with most people rejecting taking precautions, and elderly and disabled being picked off earlier and more often, we too are looking at a dystopian old age.
A message from Susumu, the director of "Submittan": "We are so touched by your love and support, we added extra contents on my account. Please watch them and get to know us more: Cast & Crew watch party and Q&A
Pt1: ruclips.net/video/sWsqv1SAijg/видео.html
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From the bottom our hearts thank you!"
Mia Ando was brilliant. Her face carried so much emotion. The music was fantastic. Heightening the emotion. What a sad, sad, story! So well told. Keep making them like this. A meaningful message for our time.
@@Failte630 Thank you Anne! Please check our composer Charlotte Partt!
Great movie
@@michaelheater1969 Thank you!
you are welcome😎
Hi everyone, thank you sooo much for watching our film! My name is Susumu, the writer/director/editor of Submittan. Please send us comments, questions, criticism, anything you would like and I’ll try my best to answer. Thanks for the support!
I have a question sir whith software are u using for editing
@@zeemixvideos6485 for editing I used Adobe Premiere Pro. Color was done on Davinci Resolve by my colorist Bobby Ram. VFX were done by me, Kazunobu Sano and Antonio Rodriguez through various software including After Effects!
This was an interesting film, and quite topical. I know that recently it was announced that Japan now has a population of elderly people which has hit 25%, which is quite a tipping point in terms of who will look after them in a working population which is shrinking... The article I read mentioned that immigration will be desperately needed to cover this shortfall, but that Japan is quite strict in allowing people to immigrate into the country. It's an issue that most, if not all, developed nations are facing, made all the more difficult due to the prevalence of anti-immigration attitudes. It seemed to me, that by helping the old woman go to the river, rather than the mountain, the main character is angrily reacting to the all too common attitude our culture has (specifically Western culture, I can't speak for others) of putting elderly people into care homes instead of keeping them close to the family, to look after children (for example). I'm not sure if I missed something, but I was wondering about the relevance of the river - is there a counterpoint to the mountain story in Japanese history that involves a river, or is the symbolism of the river something more general?
Great work! My respects to all involved ❤️
No questions here, I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your short. Very moving, and I thought the lead actress, the artist, was great! I could feel her emotions....very well done! :)
Thank you, for this haunting stunning work. It was upon the second viewing that it impacted me , the view of the interment camp.
This will stay with me, as all great works of art, and by the way, I'm also a fan of DEVO...
lol.
I bid you peace and look forward for more of your work.
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for watching our film Submittan! This is Mia, I play the role of Chase in the film. We are so grateful for all of your love and support. Thank you for leaving us the comments, we appreciate them so much. We will continue this journey to keep this story going, so please spread the word, connect with us, and be a part of the Submittan family!
Thank you so much again. Sending love! xx
you were great in this
@@mondostrat Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate it very much.
I really enjoyed your acting. You were able to convey so much emotion!
@@RobinC63 Thank you so much, Robin! I'm so happy to hear that. I appreciate your kind words.
You are a really good actor.
Reminiscent of Logan's Run without the Utopian veneer. Like a marriage of elements from Logan's Run and Soylent Green. I know it's a short, but this could make a great dystopian series.
Thank you! Yes we are developing this into something longer. Funny thing is this played last year at Sci-Fi London Film Festival where they also played Soylent Green - and it was (shamefully) my 1st time watching it!
I can't remember Logan's run but I was thinking this was going to end up like Soylent Green the whole time due to all the cheese references.
It's not too far off from being the not-so-great dystopian present. How modern society treats the elderly is shameful, nursing homes might as well be The Mountain with how much concern we give to the people sent to them.
Kudos to Mia Ando for expressing the emotions so elegantly and naturally. Fine story to inspire us we don't have to follow the new norm even if it aligns with history.
Thank you. She is amazing and one of the key reason why this film exists in the first place!
@@SusumuKimuraLA She's absolutely sensational.
Wonderful acting and beautiful.
Hi J I, Thank you so much, I appreciate your kind words. And yes, we always have the power to choose.
@@c3cubed Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it very much.
Totally moving storytelling, of a future that feels almost all too real, brought to life with some incredible visuals and performances from the cast and crew. Thank you to Susumu Kimura, Daga Malinska, Mia Ando and everyone. Honored to have been a part of this film.
Rey Marz Thank YOU for participating in this small but ambitious project! You are amazing too!
Thank YOU so much, Rey. I'm grateful to you. I appreciate that I got to work with you.
Funny. Liberal socialists made no questions and kneeled to covid restrictions as soon as their mercyless narco/sicario jewish owners told them to. And here are all of them, pretending there is no background message on this story. Any IA with true free will would spot their ignorance and weakness. Prove me wrong.
Pro tip: you cant
Our society is too quick to give up on the elderly. They provide a strong connection to our history, a wealth of knowledge of how many things work, and a chance to honor those that came before us.
..totally agree. Shameful…
Thank you for your comment Greg. I feel the same way. I do hope that whenever the talk of disregarding certain group of people comes up, enough people would raise their voices and say no.
A few days ago while shopping in a local store, I had a young employee confide to me that the boomer generation and gen x got paid to just sit around and do nothing. Now, I'm in the gap between the end of the boomers and the beginning of gen x, but most people don't think I'm that old. I was astonished that this young person thought that; so much so that I didn't know what to say or how to respond. Anyone have any ideas for the next time this happens? I'm sure at the years go by, this sentiment among the young will grow stronger.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, trumpubliklans proposed that the elderly should be sacrificed for the economy.."let them die so others can eat and live"..yet they are the first to cry "prolife" political bs
@@sandrafreeman515 Hi Sandra, thanks for the comment! I'm right there with you - maybe a tad older. Not sure how I would respond but I probably would say yup and try to listen what s/he has to say.
Were I a billionaire, these people would have the funding to turn this into a feature length film by this time tomorrow. The best "Dust" film I've seen, period. Just brilliant in every respect.
Thank you, somebody from our team will be in touch when you're ready! :)
@@SusumuKimuraLA , I'll let you know when I'm getting close. At present, I'm about $999,999,945.73 short, but I'm thinking of taking on a paper route in order to earn a little extra "executive producer" cash. Seriously, though, this film was nothing short of revelatory. I've watched it three times and am still looking forward to the next time.
I'm Japanese. I felt a sense of closeness. I'm rooting for this film director.
Thank you! ありがとうございます
Very gripping from the very first scene. The emotional journey etched on her face. Not overdone but genuine. 💞
Thank you PJ! so happy to hear it.
Funny. Liberal socialists made no questions and kneeled to covid restrictions as soon as their mercyless narco/sicario jewish owners told them to. And here are all of them, pretending there is no background message on this story. Any IA with true free will would spot their ignorance and weakness. Prove me wrong.
Pro tip: you cant
Wow, that was very very well done. Excellent script, acting, lighting, camera work and a perfectly fitting score. Nailed it. Also a very serious and heavy subject to address in a short. I could see this being developed into a much bigger film project. I give it my highest rating of three thumbs up!
I've tried to comment to you like 20 times but RUclips won't take it... thank you again for your comment!
Great comment. Would be interested in seeing how The River underground works.
@@Acinica Thank you yes that's in the works
I married into a Japanese family. I understand that in a time of famine it wasn't just old people who were taken to the mountain but newborn children who couldn't be fed too. It goes against our instincts and must have been heartbreaking.
Great cinema. Thank You
Thank you! I'm very curious about what you have heard. I don't think I have heard that part of the story.
Famines happened to almost every nation. Please learn about man-made famine in Ukraine Holodomor too.
Well that's the first Dust film that has completely blown me away, everything about it and the actors were brilliant with exceptionally sensitive facial expressions, loved it....thank you.
Thank you Barbara for your words! That means so much to all of us here - We're literally reading all comments right here and brown away by your responses!
Thank you Barbara, we truly appreciate your comment. Like Susumu said, your words mean so much to all of us.
Very powerful and consuming! Our Path to a Noble Future is dying of neglect.
Thank you for your hearts that yearn to end this devastating effect.
Thank you for the comment!
Exquisite in every way. I like the score with a washed out tonal center in the string section. Perfect for an emotionally charged movie. Bravo!
Great depiction of a person’s internal struggle; feed your family of bow down to “The Man”. Great lead actor performance too. Congratulations to all involved.
Thank you Ed, that's the most succinct sentence I ever heard about describing this film!
Thank you so much, Ed! We appreciate you!
Amazing this short Dust Gem Video tells the Truth about our near dystopian future
Nah, 5G going to take care of all of us older folks. We're dropping like flies lately. Speeds up chronic illness. I don't even care. I'll be released from this world that's gotten so ugly and greedy. Good luck.
This woman has amazing acting skills, makes me want to see more of her
Thank you DUST. Another thoughtful & smart short. Less..., is more...
Thank you! My influence is Tarkovsky's Stalker and Cuaron's Children of Men.
All my siblings shared the responsibility of taking care of mom in her final years during her stage four cancer , I wouldn't give up those days for anything .
Thank you for sharing that J M.
Ditto me and my siblings caring for Mom during her final run with dementia.
Very thought provoking film. After she helps the old woman Kathy a cross the river, she is looking up at the mountain again... Then it's over... I wanted her to go see what was up there. Please explain the ending.
The top of the mountain looked like volcano. Instead of a care facility, it's a waste disposal facility.
Thx for the comments. If you noticed, she hears the siren in the dream sequence all the time - that is sort of like a premonition of what is going to happen to her. So in my interpretation I think she gets caught by the police for what she has done.
Throwing them into the volcano.
I know this question was intended for the film's creator and if my reply is incorrect she will reply with a correction.
I personally think the film has allegorically told in the story she related from grandmother followed with a reply of, 'history repeats itself' and and literally shown to the viewer. What's up the mountain is a volcano spewing smoke and magma where the elderly are incinerated.
Lorry I'll add that, as many commented, yes at the top of the mountain is a volcano. It's a waste disposal facility.
It's like a poem about a problem the world will face. Thanks for this movie!
Excellent film. Terrifying and yet beautiful. Real emotion that rang so true that I was literally in tears. This old literature and creative writing teacher thanks you for this true art. Well done, you.
Wow Tam, thank you so much!
What good is life without faith hope& love. This made me sad. Jesus makes me glad
When I saw the camp in the mountains I had a vision of the Nazi death camps. It was here that they took their elderly to terminate them and to dispose of the bodies in the volcano. Since we all will someday become old like Mary and the man on the bus, I hope such things will never become reality.
Molto bello e Mia Ando è bravissima
Very nice and Mia Ando is very good. he acted really well
Grazie mille!!!
top notch, well done!!! great soundtrack too 🔥
Wonderful. It makes you sense the horror without showing it. Little money, great interpretation for this precious jewel.
Thanks to all involved. Your film moved me, despite my best efforts.
thank you Matth!
This short is becoming so relevant nowadays. Thank you to the filmmakers.
Brilliant, not many films would choose to tackle the issue of demographic collapse like this.
thank you David!
@@SusumuKimuraLA thank you for making it. 😀
Reminds me of "Logan's Run" and "Soylent Green".
thank you!
Did not feel like a short. It was so packed with content it felt feature length. Even the ending wrapped it all up nicely. I loved it to bits!!!!
Thank you!
For the historical reference, look up 楢山節考, Narayama Bushikō. On RUclips it may be listed in English as "The Ballad of Narayama". It is a very famous Japanese work.
thank you for pointing to this.
This is superb, so beautifully executed. Dare I say it has a connectivity to the disquieting plot device of "Logan's Run" but with a current take on the looming population imbalance manifest by the elderly... In this fine example, one can draw parallels to 'the Mountain' as (Carousel) and 'the River' as (Sanctuary). It has successfully been drawn as a most unique entry, with a significant and riveting poignancy. It is worthy of being expanded into a feature length cinematic release. Well done.
"The River" is a sanctuary?
@@Lee-fw9mr As in Logan's Run, it was a metaphor for "escape", yes.
I don't know what happened in to the dust, but they really are going toward right direction & last movies were spot on, congratulations!
thank you George!
I was concerned for a while especially those stupid previews 😝 but they seem to be back on track ♥️
Excellant film and actors thank you!!
thank you for watching!
Wow I could watch this as a series❤In our culture the elders would walk into the bush during hard winters. If they made it threw winter they would rejoin their family in spring. You loved your family. And viewed them as the true legacy you leave behind. Not money or property ❤❤assuring your bloodline carries on❤
Is this even fiction? Is it? Live long and prosper, yeah, right! I'm sorry but this short is too good.
Thank you! I did feel weird while writing and making this far-fetched concept into a story, it began to be not too far-fetched anymore
@@SusumuKimuraLA Quite rightly so. This is ALREADY happening the world over, especially in the 'developed' world, where there is an exaggerated worship of youth (easily malleable) and contempt for the elderly. Sad. But works like this might help somehow. That's my hope.
@@lucar01inos16 I hope for the same thing. Thank you!
I smell a musical!! 😅🎼🎼
This is great work!!,. Hope to see more
Thank you! working on the feature version :)
She seems to be torn between feeding her kids and conforming to reality of what’s going on. This reminds me of the movie “Soylent Green”.
Thank you Mitchell. I heard so many comments on comparing to Soylent Green and I'm honored!
Excelsior! Imagine what these talented folks could do with an hour..
Thank you! Someone take a chance on us please? :)
That short was amazing, so disheartening and moving. Like movies mentioned in the comments, it gave me that feeling, too. And just sad seeing how elderly folks were treated there, and are sometimes treated in life anyway. I was wishing the Mountain would actually be a nice place to stay, but I knew differently. :( Beautiful work!!
Hi thank you very much for your comments! I so wish the same thing and hope we can shift the world towards that way.
@@SusumuKimuraLA You're welcome, and perhaps we can, even if it begins by short films like this and just being around folks more and appreciating them being with us. ❤
@@jazzew I hope I can build on the feature version I'm cur renting writing :)
...the long low huts,the train,the fire high in the background...enough said....wonderful short,thank you!
Thank you so much!
This is a beautiful production, from the bottom to the top. The script, the performances, the camera work and design, all pull together to create a deeply meaningful film. If you can't understand this from every angle, don't blink -- you'll be in all of their shoes one day. I would especially like to compliment the graphic artist for the stunning poster art.
Yes... that poster art was masterfully done.
@@7Steels this is another one that my comment doesn't register... artworks are done by Edward Distarce, Tom Szorady, and Kiyoshi Tsukamoto. They are wonderful artists
That was incredibly well done, Thank you for sharing this with us all. Stunning.
Thank you so much!!!
Gosh, this made me tear up. The main actress is so good
This film peanuts my butter!!!!!
The mountain is actually a volcano! The director of this short film is subtly hinting about the ill-fated ancient city, Pompeii. That is brilliant. I also feel sad about the way we are slowly becoming inhuman to the extent of discarding the elders in such a cruel fashion. I am 80 (eighty) and thankfully this may not be my fate!!! (:
what a beautiful shortfilm, full of meaning and emotions, I love it so much 😢
Mia Ando shines in this. My wife and I felt everything she felt in this most painful, desperate, anguished short we took to be based on the current huge gap between the haves and have nots. Looking on IMDB we were surprised to see so few credits. We expect this actress to become extremely well known when a part in a major work finds her. Seriously, Mia Ando deserves recognition. The only complaint I can find is the graphic obvously based on a concentration camp and the tracks ending before approaching the viewer and going offscreen (presumably) to the city. Every time you see billionaires and corporations which pay no taxes given another tax break please think of the increasingly shrinking "middle class" and growing poverty. If the middle class doesn't grow NOBODY will do well except the 1%.
Hi Ghimmy, I totally agree with you. She will do great things and I am proud to have this film with her! I take your criticism about graphic nature of camp shot. I wanted to treat with the most care because of the history of concentration camps in the world. I am sorry if it evoked too much emotion.
Mia is a great actor!
agreed!
wow this was great, could/should have been a movie
Thank you!
Excellent!! Very moving!!
Thank you!
I can see an elderly couple walking along and softly singing:
"The water is wide, I cannot get over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I..."
“In the depths of the mountains,
Who was it for the aged mother snapped
One twig after another?
Heedless of herself
She did so
For the sake of her son”
Thanks for the comment! That is a beautiful song...
What an incredible masterpiece. It lasted too short. Please make a feature film or at least make a second part. 🔝🔝🔝
thank you! that's in the works
@@SusumuKimuraLA great news!
Heart-breaking doesn't even come close to expressing the emotions brought into play from this Film. Incredible acting, and the pacing to it's story was top tier. Bravo! 👏
Thank you so much! our actors were excellent.
Your film is very well done. It’s very sad & is a reminder of what can happen in a society that doesn’t take measures before it’s too late. Even now, there are several countries that forbid the use of birth control. The main character did an exceptional job in her part. I find it interesting how her daughters are totally unaware of the prevailing situation. From the expression on her face at the end, she sacrificed herself for the old woman, perhaps making up for the loss of her mother sometime in the past. I have heard that the world population has slowed down on overpopulation. Some are worried that the population could reverse itself to the point of near extinction. I haven’t verified any of this, but it doesn’t take much to cause the world population to go either way.
Hi Cee thank you for the comment. I hope the society in general, in addition, is systematically inclusive of every communities including our elders so no one community feels left out. I assume that is major task in itself but I want to use our film to get closer to the characters to summon our emotion, to the 'neigborly love' looking out for each other. Thank you for watching
@@SusumuKimuraLA I couldn’t agree more. And now that I’m one of the elderly, I can certainly understand how it feels to be treated like you don’t matter.
I loved the sentiment you have portrayed in this film. Would like to see more of your work ☺
"What's in The Mountain?"
"Managed Health Care".
" What's in The River"?
"Medicaid ".
"What's the difference"?
"Yes".
I love the atmosphere that the music created!!
Thank you! check our composer Charlotte Partt! Check out her Soundcloud :)
a non-tech scifi, more on the social, ethical side. The big question you sculpted here in dark marble is how to deal with the avalanche of aging people within a paradigm that is from the 19th century... all developed societies are running on the wrong track, as nowhere anyone is to try to change the paradigms. Those include aging in health, staying productive by changing into mindful businesses, dedicated training of the aging people such that they can learn. It is the wrong paradigm of aging that creates the problem of age, it is not aging itself.
Now you did a more diagnostic, or fatalistic piece, in amazing photography, perfectly demonstrating the consequences of a wrong paradigm. My question to you: Can you imagine a constructing, positive piece outside of the current paradigm? Though not sth like junipero that deals with palliative aspects only...
Thank you for this great piece of Art !!!
hi monnoo, thank you for your comments! Our film is lensed by my friend Dana Malinska, and she did some amazing work here with her crew. It is also colored by Bobby Lam who is also DP. So please follow them if you are curious of their careers!
To answer your question, honestly I don't know. For me it is more about building a society that doesn't look people based on only what contributions (power, money, influence, environment et) they make - the society who look at elderlies as covid raged on and said "they had their times" - I just cannot bare the sinister look like that. Then what, I really have no idea, but as I edited this thru covid times, all I wanted was to see the beauty and good of people who care for neighbors and taking actions, which, I think it still exists the world.
Sumptuously! Respect to the film makers!
Thx to my cast & crew!
Beautiful film and outstanding performance!
Thank you for watching!
I haven't watched it all yet, but halfway through Soylent Green came to mind.
thx, lots of people mention this. And yes, I hope you finish it!
The best stories teach us; or reminds us. Remember...,"The past is prologue."
wow scary
Good job. A hopeless and helpless situation with no happy ending in sight. Like it or not we are all on this big blue marble together. We have the wisdom and foresight to create a happy future for the old, as well as the young. Will we use it?
Harrowing film. The scene at the ad agency was perfectly etched; deeply upsetting and set up the 2nd half beautifully. Excellent casting and superior production values. Bravo!
Thank you!!!
She shouldn't feel guilty she needs to feed her daughters. It's a cruel world and isn't getting better any time soon.
Thank you for your note. That is the conundrum I wanted to hit at.
Interesting Story, great Score (Sounddesign), very well played from Mia Ando!
thank you! score is Charlotte Partt, Sound Design is Nick Nylen
Beautifully done. Great acting Mia. Love the story, love the acting 👍
thank you so much!
Thank you so much for watching the film, Mak! We appreciate you!
another patronizing thumbs up… well placed
"The Mountain", a nursing home, a dump to discard the elderly, to forget about them, they will die soon enough and our burden will be lighter after we discard them, until it is our time comes to be discarded
Beautifully shot. Thank you for sharing this.
Крутой фильм, на основе сюжета можно даже полнометражный снять.!!!
this reminded me of a modern take on Soylent Green except I assume they are being dropped into a live volcano, well done. I really like to see more.
That is how I imagined it too. Thx for your comment
Mia, You are stunningly beautiful. Loved the film as well!
Thank you! she is amazing.
Almost a poem as a short movie. It took me the second watching to realize the siren was related the resettlement effort. The movie depicted very well the inequity in the society. The lead Mia Ando expressed a range of emotions. It was almost too subtle to catch - they were about to be homeless due to not enough income to pay the rent and already living in the inexpensive part of the city. Off camera, the mother was likely not eating to make sure her daughters at least had something to eat at school to keep up some level of appearance. The haunting question is, "How would your behave if this was the hand you were dealt in life?" and "What would you tell your children, knowing what is up the mountain?"
love your comment so much! thank you John
Great story and acting. Thought provoking.
35👍's up Dust thank you for sharing
35 is high complement indeed! thanks Scott!
I am 71, feeling older, looking at a bleak future. Living in van. Little money. Your film mirrors my internal state.
55 here. I’m sorry you’re going through this; the way we treat our elders is shameful. You deserve more than that .
Well done.
Very traditional Japanese in it's emotional tragedy..... I loved it!
Thank you so much!
At the tender age of seventy I've seen so much science fiction that has become reality, and this is a certainty. Apart from that , a brilliant movie where everything is perfect. Well done. Next up the mountain ?
Great work and storytelling. Main actress Mia Ando did such much to bring the emotions across even with no words spoken.
thank you! yes she's amazing
I'm 73, and my health is taking a downward turn. I can only speak for myself, but I don't want to be a burden on my family or society. When the situation gets bad, it would be nice to have a peaceful "out" option. But the society that claims it is modern will not give its people the freedom to leave. People suffering with many ailments are forced to stay far beyond what they would wish.
The idea of forcing people to leave might not be necessary if those with a clear view of reality were permitted to leave on their own terms.
Hi, thank you for your comments, I read it with aching pain in my heart. My mother is ailing but so far our society (at least around her - Japan with nationalized health system) is being nice to her. I wonder she has thoughts like that sometimes. There is a movie called Plan 75 which I haven't seen that came out recently in Japan and that talks about that I think. I personally am not against the idea of self exiting but I am against the idea a certain group deciding fate of another in a sweeping manner using politics and superiority in society, specially without the regards of that group's individual wills. Anyway those are my thoughts - thank you again
Excellent acting. Powerful.
This will stay with me for a long time. Thank you for posting/sharing..
Thank you! appreciated!
It was gooodddddddd!!! your movie was wonderful keep going forward
thx! will move forward!
Welcome to your future....if you allow it...... great film
scary thought. Thank you so much!
The very best example of “Show. Don’t tell.”
Thank you! I appreciate this so much.
Sadly beautiful. Feels eerily familiar (being in America...).
Thank you Becky!
Perhaps a glimpse into what may be our dark future, Very thought provoking. Well done.
thank you!
That was a really well-done short! I thoroughly enjoyed it
thank you Jason!
Just a couple of more years and this will no longer be SciFi channel material.
that is one scary thought
Well done, well written, well acted ...
Thank you!
It was perfect!
Thank you Inez! appreaciate it
Great film, thank you and congratulations to all involved. You packed more story into 15 minutes than most movies manage in two hours! Captivating performance by Mia Ando.
Thank you! I'm glad you felt that way :)
A good time for this, as old people are being thrown under the bus more and more. Since Covid, with most people rejecting taking precautions, and elderly and disabled being picked off earlier and more often, we too are looking at a dystopian old age.
Thank you Nancy for the comment. I do share the same feeling.
The music score is brilliant as well.
thank you! Follow Charlotte Partt