New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
Acting
Keiko Kitagawa's perfectly repressed longing as a teacher who shouldn't crush
Costume
Whatever fever dream wardrobe GACKT's prince is wearing
Direction
Sakuma's tonal whiplash between classroom comedy and dreamscape horror
Director
Noriyoshi Sakuma
Keiko Kitagawa
Ayami Mutoi
GACKT
Takashi Shiki
Kenji Anan
Shinya Nakagomi
Shiho Fujimura
Sister Marika
Mari Hamada
Satoko Kaibara
Kazuki Harada
Toma Kanda
Akiko Hinagata
Noriko Higuchi
Manami Honjo
Miho Saito
Yôsuke Kawamura
Katsuyuki Inamoto
Hazuki Kimura
Miu Aizawa
Midoriko Kimura
Tatsuko Amasawa
Fumiyo Kohinata
Mannosuke Koto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 2012 NTV drama that was itself adapted from Ryo Ryo's manga; Japan's obsession with 'akumu' (nightmares) as supernatural portals peaked in early 2010s youth programming. The film assumes you've watched the series, which explains why half the cast gets zero introduction.
GACKT reportedly insisted on designing his own prince costumes, resulting in what production staff allegedly called 'the Versailles wardrobe incident.' The lace budget alone could have funded a sequel.
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