A 13-year-old's revenge plot against friendship goes deliciously wrong when gender-fluid chaos enters the chat.
13-year old Chiaki Matsumoto enters middle school with two rules for herself: 1. Always stay cool and 2. Don’t make friends. Having suffered bullying in elementary school, Chiaki chooses a path of isolation, building emotional walls and deciding to live a tough, solitary life. One day, by chance, she meets Kiki, a flamboyant and mysterious individual who transcends age and gender. As Chiaki begins to interact with Kiki, she slowly opens her heart, learning to trust again.
Acting
Megumi Hatachiya's devastating stillness; Fumiyo Kohinata's scene-stealing warmth.
Direction
Shin Togashi lets silences scream louder than dialogue ever could.
Director
Shin Togashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of early 2000s Japanese cinema's quiet explorations of gender fluidity before the topic hit mainstream discourse.
Fumiyo Kohinata, who plays Kiki, was already a celebrated dramatic actor—this role subverted his entire career image.
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