The Old Young Crow

Directed by Liam LoPinto · Starring Naoto Shibata, Hassan Shahbazi, Keiko Yamashita, Hitoshi Hinomizu · 2023

In Tokyo, Mehrdad, a young Iranian boy, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly Japanese woman, Chiyo. Years later, his old sketchbook draws him back to the mystery of her sudden disappearance.

A tender cross-cultural friendship, remembered through a child's sketchbook and told in a lovely blend of animation and live action.

Mehrdad, an Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman in Tokyo. Many years later, he reflects on Chiyo’s sudden disappearance through his old sketchbook in a combination of animation and live-action techniques.

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