A Japanese schoolgirl makes quirky gestures in an abandoned classroom, the jerky movements of the glitch-editing creating a unique choreography.
When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she leverages her power as director to pursue the romantic connection that fuels her voracious creativity. However, as opening night approaches, jealous entanglements threaten the artistic and ideological aims of the project, as well as the relationship with Haru pulling Naoko from her womanizing ways. Based on her own semi-autobiographical novel Kokan, cult theater director and actress Junko Emoto makes her directorial debut in this playful drama relishing the toil and passion of a struggling creative life on and off stage. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secret tale. One day, Koji (Kaneko Noboru)'s wife Kaori (Miyaji Mao) suddenly dies. He learns from the doctor that Kaori was three months pregnant, but Kenji knows it can't be him. Eventually, he discovers an unknown side of Kaori.
Kentaro's co-worker
35-летный Кэнтаро за всю жизнь ни разу не ходил на свидание с девушкой. Он живет с родителями и занимает скромную должность в мэрии. У Кэнтаро нет друзей, и он уже 13 лет работает без повышения. Его родители обеспокоенные тем, чтобы он не остался одиноким до конца своей жизни, решают вмешаться.
A man has shelled out good money to be served at a bath house, or soap land, by the attendants. He has paid enough to receive the services of not one but five of the women who work there and respectfully after the requisite and customary greetings avails himself of the wiles and bodies of the young women.
