Ulysses - Hikaru Uwagawa

The film is a parody of Homer’s The Odyssey  in the style James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Various Ulysses go off in search of their imaginary home (Ithaca), a place that no longer exists. Episode 3 (Hades) focuses on Kazuko (representing Tiresias), a woman living in Okayama who has lost her husband and is preparing for her first Obon, an annual Japanese festival where ancestral spirits return to this world to visit their families. At the same time, in the same city, Ulysses meets Kazuko, and reunites with his deceased father (representing Anticlea) during the Obon.