Follows Ako, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, as she spends time working in a bakery and going out with her friends.
A day in the life of Ako, a 16 year old Japanese girl, and her friends and co-workers. An alarm clock wakes her in a dorm; she gets ready for work and travels to a large bakery. We see her with friends, chatting and laughing, as well as working. They go out, seven of them jammed in an old Pontiac: bowling, then to an amusement park, then driving around. Car trouble may put her at risk. Is she going to be okay?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Contemplating on the turmoil of adolescence, freedom, and tradition, Hiroshi Teshigahara chronicles the loud and frenzied twenty-four hours in the life of Ako: a working-class, sixteen-year-old Japanese girl. While processing masses of raw dough in a noisy bakery, overworked Ako engages in vivid conversations with her teen colleagues, waiting for their big night out in town.—Nick Riganas