Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.
Acting
Sakura Ando's wordless sleeping sequences are devastating.
Cinematography
Dreamy, suffocating visuals that mirror Terako's limbo.
Director
Shingo Wakagi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film adapts Banana Yoshimoto's story, known for capturing young women's emotional limbo in 1990s Japan.
Sakura Ando learned to sleep on cue for this role, creating genuinely unconscious-looking scenes.
JP
