Minami kaze

This is directed by Koji Hagiuda, the man who helmed the wonderful adaptation of Akira Saso’s novel Shindo. The story is markedly different in the sense that it’s a road trip that two girls, one Japanese and one Taiwanese, go on. It looks a bit like a tourist ad for Taiwan and Japan and stars Mei Kurokawa as a 26-year-old magazine editor who has recently been dumped and has to visit Taipei for an article. While there she meets a sixteen-uear-old Taiwanese girl who dreams of becoming a model The girl senses this as her big opportunity and lies her way into Aiko’s company by pretending to be older and a guide. The two gradually overcome their differences on their journey and connect as they cycle together.