Art school dropout summer: when kindness feels like a trap and the future refuses to arrive.
"Everyone around me is kind, but the world isn't going well...". Yumi Aotani, a ronin student who attends an art prep school, felt that way. She will start summer classes again this year. Aside from the days when she can't realize the future, the melancholy and happy summer slowly passes by...
Direction
Inudo's patient observation of nothing-moments that somehow mean everything.
Acting
Nishioka's restrained performance—resentment buried under politeness.
Director
Isshin Inudo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'Lost Decade,' the film captures the specific dread of young people realizing meritocracy was a lie.
Inudo later became known for crowd-pleasers like 'La Maison de Himiko'—this early work preserves his interest in characters who refuse to perform happiness convincingly.
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