A professor breaks bad, but his victim's silence speaks louder than screams.
Miharu, a female college student, is quiet, kind, and unlucky. A personality like her is a gloomy character in the world. She is commonly called "Yin-Kya". However, she was unconsciously endowed with an abnormal sex appeal and a plumply developed body that seduces men unconsciously. The men are maddened by her charm and sex appeal, and some even get their hands on her reason. Tashiro, a seminar professor, reaches the limit of his patience and commits a crime. But she seemed to accept what she didn't say in her words...
Acting
Usa's wordless performance carries impossible weight.
Direction
Nixon weaponizes uncomfortable stillness throughout.
Director
Nixon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Yin-Kya' label references Japanese subculture archetypes of gloomy, unlucky women perceived as inviting misfortune.
Director Nixon's choice to keep Miharu's interiority sealed forces viewers into the same interpretive violence as her abusers.
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