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