Keisuke Miyahara oversleeps on the day of his entrance exam for Tokyo University. To postpone the exam starting time, Keisuke Miyahara sends an email to the school warning of a bomb. His plan works and he is able to take his exam and passes. On the day of his entrance ceremony, a man named Hiroshi Tanaka appears in front of Keisuke Miyahara and threatens him.
Acting
Miura's unraveling from smug to shattered is genuinely uncomfortable.
Direction
Ōtani stretches 120 minutes of dread from one stupid decision.
Writing
Short story adaptation that knows silence is more sinister than screams.
Director
Tarō Ōtani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a short story by Fuminori Nakamura, whose work frequently explores guilt as physical sensation rather than abstract concept.
The Todai entrance exam setting isn't random—Tokyo University represents Japan's ultimate meritocratic promise, making Keisuke's fraud a national betrayal in miniature.
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