Three broken souls, one small town, and a kidnapping that somehow heals instead of destroys.
A man who gave up on living in despair with society and himself. Mai, a high school girl, is involved in a confinement incident caused by the man. Mai's classmate, Ujiie, who caused a violent incident and lost her whereabouts. Set in a small port town a little far from the city center, a confinement incident triggers the gears of the three characters, depicting the moment when people with difficulties in life take a step forward.
Acting
Yoshimura's hollow-eyed despair that somehow finds warmth.
Direction
Hayashi frames the sea as both prison and possibility.
Director
Takayuki Hayashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hanon, who plays Mai, was cast from an open audition of over 800 applicants—her first film role.
The film deliberately obscures Ujiie's fate until the final act, mirroring how small towns absorb and hide their missing girls.
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