Something big is about to change.
In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds amid rising tension.
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- Brent Marchanton TMDB · Jan 20266/10
Maturing into adulthood can be difficult enough in itself without the impact of extraneous deleterious circumstances. But, when such conditions are added to the mix, it can make the process mind-boggling for those who lack the wisdom, experience and insights to know how to cope with them on top of everything else they’re already going through. That’s the essential premise underlying the narrative in this latest offering from writer-director Neo Sora. The film presents a coming of age tale set in a version of Tokyo of the near future in which the imminent threat of a mega-earthquake has the population constantly on edge. This scenario is made increasingly volatile by an authoritarian conservative government imposing invasive surveillance and policing measures said be in the interest of public safety but that, coincidentally, are principally targeted at the city’s youth, minorities and protesting activists. The story is told from the perspective of five outspoken, rambunctious high school students approaching graduation (Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yȗta Hiyashi, Shina Peng, Arazi) as they attempt to make sense of their ever-changing lives, as well as the chaotic environment in wh
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20257/10
There’s something quite Orwellian about this futuristic drama set in a Japan living under the threat of a once-in-a-century earthquake that could devastate the place. First to capitalise on this paranoia is the Prime Minister who passes a series of decrees that limit the movement and freedoms of most of the population. This proves especially troublesome for a group of high school students who, after pulling a prank on the principal, find themselves very much in his firing line. Initially their mischief, and their love of music, keeps the group together but when “Yuta” (Hayato Kurihara) and best pal “Kou” (Yukito Hidaka) start to drift apart, the dynamic of the group starts to change. “Yuta” is associating more with the focussed “Fumi” (Kilala Inori) and other students determined to rebel against the increasingly authoritarian regime whilst his pals are enjoying what’s left of their final year. Things come to an head when some of the students stage a sit-in in the principal’s office and the original group of happy-go-lucky mischief makers realise that adulthood is beckoning and there is no going back. The film itself is really nothing much to write home about, but what it attempts t
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Cast
- Hayato KuriharaYūta
- Yukito HidakaKō
- Yuta HayashiAta-chan
- Shina PengMing
- ARAZITomu
- Kilala InoriFumi
- Ayumu NakajimaOkada
- Masaru YahagiTaira
- PUSHIMFukuko
- Makiko WatanabeYoko
Crew
- Neo SoraDirector
- Neo SoraScreenplay
- Bill KirsteinDirector of Photography
- Lia Ouyang RusliOriginal Music Composer
- Albert TholenEditor
- Albert TholenProducer
- Aiko MasubuchiProducer
- Alex C. LoProducer
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