I is a university, who came to Tokyo from his hometown. I lives alone and doesn't have friends or a girlfriend. I's university life is boring and he doesn't have a dream. I supports himself by working as a day laborer at a construction site. I meets two people at a hide-and-seek club. One is his Senior and the other person is Black Suit. By meeting them, I's boring life changes. They start the "Midnight Maiden War," which is their plan to destroy Tokyo.
Acting
Ren Nagase's dead-eyed detachment is uncomfortably perfect
Cinematography
Tokyo at night never looked this beautifully empty
Director
Ken Ninomiya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'hidamari' (sunshine) club subculture references real Japanese urban exploration groups who infiltrate abandoned spaces.
Director Ken Ninomiya has called this his 'love letter to the boring apocalypse'—the idea that destruction feels romantic when your life feels pointless.
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