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Child of Kamiari Month is a 2021 Netflix anime movie that is about a young Japanese girl, Kanna (Aju Makita). After losing her mother, she journeys across Japan to the sacred land of Izumo. This film has a strong representative cast consisting of Japanese actors.

The film opens with a scene of Kanna chasing her mother through a forest. The background music is a soft piano, slowly fading away as Kanna calls after her mother, "Mom, don't leave me!" The scene changes to white and fades into a classroom, indicating to viewers that this is all a dream.

The class lecture about the gods of Izumo foreshadows the main plot. The bunnies in the pen symbolize companionship; Kanna talks to her pet bunny when she is alone. When Kanna arrives home, she looks at the framed photograph of her mother; she feels the emptiness inside her because it's been one year since her mother passed away. One scene where Kanna is crying for her mother in the rain emphasizes this emotion. Kanna is determined to find out why her mom disappeared suddenly.