Directed by Shō Miyake | 67 mins | 2019
A gentle but spirited work in a neorealist vein, "Wild Tour" begins as a portrait of an experimental workshop run by the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media through which participants collect and analyze the DNA of local plant samples. From there, director Miyake homes in on the relationship between two ninth-graders (both played by first-time actors from Yamaguchi) and the workshop facilitator, college freshman Ume, on whom they both develop a crush.