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
Anne Suzuki
Hana Arai
Yu Aoi
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
Kaku Tomohiro
Masashi Miyamoto
Shoko Aida
Kayo Arisugawa
Hiroshi Abe
Alice's Mother's Companion
Sei Hiraizumi
Alice's Father
Tae Kimura
Ballet Teacher
Takao Osawa
Ryo Taguchi
Hirosue Ryoko
Editor
Erika Shishido
Erica Murofushi
Ayumi Ito
Saori Ikeda
Hiroyuki Nakano
Audition Performance Examinator
Nao Omori
Audition Acting Guidance
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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