Parasol

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“Parasol” is the title of Kondo’s first short movie and is a love story for all those who have lost face. Although we account for only 5% of the whole universe among all the matter, we humans have been finding many meanings and mysteries in the face. Like “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, “Acephale” by Georges Bataille, “The Face” by Emmanuel Levinas and “NoFace” by Hayao Miyazaki, various efforts about the lack or the other face have been conducted. It is getting gradually harder to have sincere emotions and express those emotions directly because of the developed surveillance system, the chain of loneliness by enhanced individualism, and the lack or saturation of the meaning itself. In this kind of world, perhaps you also have a face that you have never showed anybody or that nobody knows. The man and woman in this short movie are also losing their emotions. One day, however, Mr.Parasol emerges in front of them and the circumstances facing them changes completely. This is a parallel story connected by a parasol.