Two women are flat-mates and friends in Tokyo. One is an event manager and the other works in the world of fashion marketing. The result shows that one is pregnant one day. The woman decides to give birth out of wedlock. It is a major decision, which is the harbinger of not just a change in their lives, but also their relationship.
Acting
Miyoshi and Abe communicate entire novels in silence.
Cinematography
Tokyo as character: cramped, glowing, achingly lonely.
Direction
Tsuda lets scenes breathe until you feel suffocated.
Director
Hajime Tsuda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japan's 2020 birth rate hit record lows; single mothers face bureaucratic hostility and social erasure.
The 'girls' love' tag is deliberately ambiguous — Tsuda refuses to label what Ayano feels, forcing audiences to confront their own need for categorization.
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