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"Nabbie's Love"
SYNOPSIS



This is a story of a small southern island. The main character Nanako(Naomi Nishida) quits her job in Tokyo and comes back to her home island where her grandfather Keitatsu(Seijin Noborikawa) and grandmother Nabbie(Tomi Taira) live. The ferryboat to the island accelerates its speed. Next to Nanako sits Fukunosuke(Jun Murakami) whom no one knows. Just before the boat is arriving to the port, Nanako notices that a dandy guy SunRa(Susumu Taira), who seems to be influenced by western life, is watching the island standing at the bow.

Nabbie and Keitatsu's house is filled with bougainvillea. Life in the island is always full of singing voices and is very relaxing. Reiko(Reiko Kaneshima), the owner of the only shop in the island is singing happily with the fiddle played by her young Irish husband O'Connor(Ashley MacIsaac). In this island, you can always enjoy music and singing. Keitatsu finds Fukunosuke sleeping in the meadow of his ranch. They become friends and he invites Fukunosuke to stay at his place. One day, Nanako sees Nabbie and SunRa hugging each other in front of a big tombstone. It seems they are extraordinarily passionate and attracted to each other. Suddenly the rain starts falling, and Old Man Kadekaru and his wife Misako start to sing a love song. Nanako decides to keep the scene within herself. This is the start of a big love affair disturbance that influences all the people of the island.

Rumor of Nabbie and SunRa spreads out immediately. Nabbie is from a respected old family. Her relatives gather and hold a family meeting. Yuta, the prophetess who is a ruler of the island insists to kick SunRa out from the island. Nabbie begs her not to do so. The meeting ends by Nabbie being told not to see SunRa again. As it were 60 years ago.Keitatsu explains to Nanako what happened between Nabbie and SunRa 60 years ago. It was a tragic love story. Nabbie fell desperately in love with SunRa but was forced to separate from him because of her family position. SunRa had to move overseas. Later, Keitatsu, who is younger than Nabbie married into her family. Keitatsu also talks to Nanako about the secret of bougainvillea flowers. Nanako drops her tears hearing Keitatsu say "I was almost starting to believe that SunRa would never show up again in front of Nabbie".

Nabbie could not forget SunRa. She has been writing a letter to SunRa once a year after the annual Bull Festival night. Nabbie's love fire is still burning. A quiet morning after a seasonal storm, Keitatsu and Fukunosuke go to the ranch as usual. Nanako brings lunch boxes to them and when she comes back, she finds Nabbie not at home. With a bad instinct, Nanako starts looking for Nabbie and finds on the beach that a small boat with Nabbie and SunRa is moving toward the ocean. Nanako tries to follow them with a ferryboat but cannot catch them. It is as if Nabbie is telling her not to come closer. Nanako waves and shouts at them, "Grandma, take care and live long!" Their boat suddenly disappears into the glittering waves.Knowing Nabbie's strong will, Nanako for the first time realizes her power and courage to persue the path she really wants.

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