Natsuka Kusano

An omnibus movie produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Motomachi Eigakan.

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter.

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter.

서로 뒤얽혀버린 두 여자 사이의 있을 것 같지 않은 우정을 그린 여성 드라마. 서로 다른 두 여성이 함께 시나리오를 작업하면서 유대감을 형성해나가는 과정이 흥미롭다.

서로 뒤얽혀버린 두 여자 사이의 있을 것 같지 않은 우정을 그린 여성 드라마. 서로 다른 두 여성이 함께 시나리오를 작업하면서 유대감을 형성해나가는 과정이 흥미롭다.