High school student Asako moves all of her belongings to the refuse area of her apartment complex and stops attending school. Kazuyoshi, a precocious young boy, invites her to join him in an online chatroom venture where she assumes the identity of a married temptress named "Miyabi".
Acting
Aya Ueto's deadpan desperation is pitch perfect
Direction
Kataoka captures 2004 internet culture like a time capsule
Writing
The chatroom dialogue feels authentically cringe
Director
Kei Kataoka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures Japan's 'lost decade' youth—disaffected teens finding connection through emerging internet culture before smartphones existed.
Ryunosuke Kamiki was only 10 during filming; he'd later voice Taki in Your Name and star in Shin Godzilla.
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