A midlife crisis, a muse half his age, and a futon that sees too much.
Tokio Takenaka (48) is a scriptwriter who's lost his passion for his work, and whose relationship with his wife Madoka (37) has turned sour. He spends his days lost in a haze. One day, a girl named Yoshimi Yokoyama (21) barges into his office, saying that she's a huge fan of his work and aiming to be a scriptwriter herself. Overcome by her enthusiasm, he agrees to take her in. As they work together, he begins to sense her talent as a writer, and at the same time, comes to feel sexually attracted towards her. Soon he's writing scripts that he's proud of again, and begins to feel fulfilled in both his private and work lives. But it doesn't take long before he learns about her boyfriend and fellow scriptwriter Hideo Tanaka (20). He becomes madly jealous, but.
Acting
Yoichiro Saito simmers with pathetic, dangerous desperation.
Direction
Yamasaki lets cringe moments breathe until they blister.
Director
Shinpei Yamasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The futon itself becomes a character — witness to creativity, intimacy, and eventual violence. Japanese indie cinema loves these loaded domestic spaces.
The film explicitly references the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson in dialogue, grounding its 'toxic fan' anxieties in real industry trauma.
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