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.

고등학생 ‘미유리’는 입시와 왕따 문제로 고통 받고 있다. 그런 미유리에게 위로가 되어주는 건 작은 누에 '츠무기’뿐. 하지만 미유리를 괴롭히는 같은 반 학생들은 츠무기를 없애버리고 미유리는 다시 슬픔에 빠진다. 그런데 다음 날, 학교에 신비로운 소녀 '토미타'가 전학을 오는데...