Dana Shiraki

An ensemble film with five stories of lonely New Yorkers seeking connection through internet personals.

The Winter Butterfly is a story about passion and love, depicting Matsunaga a samurai, as a corrupt oppressor rather than a hero. With the emergence of a new system during the Meiji period, many things changed in Japan for the sake of progress. The story told in four parts is related to the seasons of the year, which can be scorching, amenable, cold or unpredictable. All evoked by Stephen Warbeck's beautiful and sensitive score.

Miyuki, a lonely young Japanese woman and recent New York transplant, turns to the internet to make a new friend.