Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)

Nikuko is a brash jolly scattered and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan Shes also the single mother of 11yearold Kikuko who is her opposite in many ways Kikuko is a stringbean of a young girl pensive quietly curious and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would but Nikukos bold spirit makes her especially wellknown in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school enhanced with touches of magical realism from her everpresent imagination a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pairs tender relationship