A broke insomniac chases 100K yen through a missing person's case that unravels everything.
Shuji has been suffering from insomnia since he became unemployed. Hoping to receive a reward of 100,000 yen, he starts a search for a missing woman named Midori.
Acting
Itsuki's hollowed-out exhaustion feels lived-in, not performed.
Cinematography
Tokyo at 4AM never looked more indifferent to human suffering.
Direction
Yagi lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Leon Yagi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yagi funded this through crowdfunding after his own period of unemployment, shooting guerrilla-style in actual 24-hour saunas and net cafes.
The 100,000 yen reward mirrors real Japanese 'missing person bounty' culture that exploded post-2018, where families crowdsolve disappearances when police classify adults as 'voluntary.'
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