

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Direction
Iwai shoots Tokyo suburbia like a hazy memory you can't trust.
Acting
Yu Aoi's Alice — chaotic, desperate, utterly captivating.
Cinematography
Handheld intimacy that feels like eavesdropping.

Director
Shunji Iwai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot documentary-style over several years, the actresses aged in real time between scenes — their actual growth spurt is visible on screen.
The 2015 prequel 'The Case of Hana & Alice' uses rotoscoped animation to explore their first meeting, suggesting Iwai sees their friendship as something too fragile for live-action memory.
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