Five friends tweet their hopes while privately drowning in unspoken crushes and capitalist dread.
5 university students gather to exchange information on their job search activities. They encourage each other and post their thoughts & worries on Twitter, but behind that they have a lot on their minds. Takuto Ninomiya observes those around him. His roommate Kotaro Kamiya has a bright personality and communicates well with others. Mizuki Tanabe is Kotaro Kamiya’s ex-girlfriend. Takuto Ninomiya has feelings for his roommate's ex-girlfriend. Rika Kobayakawa is determined to land a job. Takayoshi Miyamoto is critical of job-seeking activities, but he later tries to get a job.
Acting
Takeru Satoh's silent yearning could power a small city.
Direction
Miura captures the specific horror of group dinners with secret tensions.
Writing
Dialogue that says everything by barely saying anything.
Director
Daisuke Miura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Ryūichi Nishihara's novel; Miura also adapted 'The Egoists' and specializes in emotionally repressed men.
The 2016 release captured Japan's 'employment ice age' generation—university hiring crashed, making this job-hunt anxiety painfully timely. The Twitter framing now feels like a time capsule of peak platform usage.
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