Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Romance, LGBT - 121 minutes
The anticipated feature film adaptation of a popular web novel story that caused a stir when aired as a television drama. Directed by Shogo Kusano, (Bitter Sweet, ’16), who is known for his subtle and moving depictions of youth in all its freshness and delicacy.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Shogo KUSANO Writer(s) : Shogo KUSANO Cast : Fūju KAMIO, Anna YAMADA, Tsubasa IMAI Producer(s) : Minori MAEHARA (ANIMOPRODUCE INC.), Aya MIYAMOTO (BANDAI NAMCO ARTS INC.)
Jun Ando is a high school boy concealing his homosexuality when he meets Sae Miura, a female classmate and closet Boys’ Love (gay) comic book fan. When Jun witnesses her buying a comic book, Sae makes him promise to keep it their little secret. The two become close until Sae one day confesses her love for Jun. What she doesn’t know is that Jun is gay and has a lover, Makoto, a married man with children. Seeing Makoto’s example of a gay man living a “normal” hetero life, Jun accepts Sae’s feelings and agrees to go out with her. But as adorable and charming as Jun finds her, he can’t love Sae romantically.With Jun unable to tell Sae the truth, the couple’s strictly platonic relationship starts to show cracks. Can they find a concrete shape to the ideals they cherish?
Country(ies) : JAPAN
Busan IFF 2021 Open CinemaTokyo International Film Festival 2021 (Nippon Cinema Now)