Diamonds in the Sand

Diamonds in the Sand

20251h 42m

Drama

Overview

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

Symbiosis
Notes on a Scandal
Lonely Hearts
The Grass Dwellers
Fallen Leaves
The Man of the Crowd
Reign Over Me
The Fire Within
Hermit Crab
My Life as a Dog
All of Us Strangers
American Beauty
Together
The Piano Teacher
Shoppen
My Blueberry Nights
El niño invisible
Man Push Cart
Epidemic of Loneliness
Afternoon