Kashikura Rin is an official charity supporter on a local TV station's charity program. She is depicted as being worried about how to deal with people and how to live as she approaches the turning point of her life at the age of 20. (c) nathalie.mu
Acting
Rina Ono's micro-expressions speak entire monologues.
Direction
Komura finds poetry in fluorescent-lit charity call centers.
Director
Masashi Komura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japan's 'seinen' (20-year-old) coming-of-age ceremonies loom over the film; Rin's quiet dread subverts this tradition of confident adulthood.
The charity phone bank setting mirrors social media performance—Rin's scripted empathy for strangers versus her paralysis with intimacy.
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