Hikaru Saiki

This is the question posited by director Nakamura Yutaro at the start of his latest film, a series of vignettes that bleed into each other. Memories? dreams? Whatever they are, they belong to highschooler Hikari who, along with a friend named Yujiro, get involved with an emotionally unstable man named Takaya. Flash-forward a decade or so and they are all 20-somethings bumbling around on New Year’s Eve night. Hikari has picked up an admirer, Kotaro, while Takaya is shacked up with a young woman named Anzu. A tumultuous night together leads to a quarrel and a truly bizarre New Year’s Day. It’s not a straightforward experience as we surf through these experiences and question whether they are imagined but the feeling of airy freedom and endless possibilities at the end is pleasant.

While Tamaki’s partner Sui was away for the summer, she consumed a watermelon seed and began growing a watermelon in her body. They make a promise to eat the ripe watermelon together.

　“MOOSICLAB2017”で観客賞を受賞した青春ストーリー。ミスiD2016グランプリに輝いた保紫萌香を主演に迎え、いじめに苦しむ女子高生と、彼女の救世主のように現われた転校生が織りなす残酷で美しい青春模様を綴る。いじめをきっかけに声が出なくなった小原ミユリの唯一の心の支えは、山で拾った蚕。“紬（ツムギ）”と名付けて、大切に飼っていた。ところがある日、いじめっ子に蚕が見つかり、捨てられてしまう。すると翌日、絶望するミユリの前に、富田紬という名の転校生が現われるが…。