Previously selected for Cannes Premiere (“Love on Trial”) and Un Certain Regard (“Harmonium”), Kôji Fukada will now vie for the Palme d’Or in his first competition film with “ Nagi Notes ,” a gentle yet simmering drama on surviving existential crisis in a seemingly secluded rural town while the world embroiled in tensions. “I’m grateful and honored because there’s only a limited number of films that get selected,” Fukada tells Variety . “I’m trying not to get too excited. If I were to rejoice excessively over entering the competition this time, it would imply that my past works were ‘bad’ simply because they didn’t make the cut, and I don’t feel that way at all.” “Nagi Notes” follows architect Yuri (Shizuka Ishibashi) on a visit to her former sister-in-law, sculptor Yuriko (Takako Matsu), in Nagi. Revisiting shared memories, the two women struggle to untangle the complex perspectives defining their pasts and futures.…