Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents’ decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. An old man teaches her about the need to forget the past…

Director by Shinji Somai

Moving (Ohikkoshi) お引越し (1993) NTSC DVD9
Moving.(Ohikkoshi).1993.DVDRip.x264-UUU
Subtitle: English

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107736/

Moving was made at around the mid point in Somai’s career, and is one of his most celebrated films. It’s the story of Renko, a twelve-year-old girl who is adjusting to her parents’ divorce. She tries out various schemes to bring her family back together, but eventually accepts the only thing that can ever happen to her: growing up. Renko, played by Tomoko Tabata, is caught between the last few gasps at being a girl and wanting to become an adult, and Somai’s ever-sympathetic, sometimes stylised yet resolutely lifelike film, captures a vanishing childhood in ways that very very few films have ever managed. One day this will be called a classic.