MurayamaKaita，aJapanesepainter，novelistandpoetdiedin1919attheageof22，leavingbehindanimpressiveandtime-defyingbodyofwork.Inhismostrecentfilm，SatoHisayasuoffersasurreal，time-crossing，meta-layeredessayontheartist，hisoriginalityandhislegacy. DearKaitaAblazebringstogetherayoungwomanAzamiobsessedwithMurayama'spainting，ayoungmanSaku，whocanhearunusualfrequenciesandclaimstobeMurayamaorhisspiritualimprintandaquartetofyoungperformerswithpsychicabilities.TheybondoverMurayama’sworkwhichtheyrecreateinperformativedancewhiledrivingtoamysteriouscavecalledAgartha. SatoHisayasu(TheEye'sDream，Muscle，TheBedroom)，renownedforhispinkuandexplorationofmadnessandlust，returnstoIFFR.DearKaitaAblazeishyper-dense，obsessiveanddriven，effortlesslymashingsurrealismwithsci-fiandmysticism，layeringseeminglyunrelatedeventsandencounterstobringthemtogetherinamonumentalclimax. –kijA