The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
Acting
Kento Yamazaki's raw, unraveling stillness — his best dramatic work.
Direction
Yukisada lets scenes breathe until embarrassment becomes beauty.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds improvised because it hurts that specifically.
Director
Isao Yukisada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yukisada adapted this from his own stage play, and the film's theatrical claustrophobia mirrors how directors cannibalize real relationships for art.
The matching shoes weren't scripted — Yamazaki and Matsuoka showed up in identical footwear on the first day, and Yukisada rewrote the entire meet-cute around it.
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