She lent him a notebook. He lent her his heart. Things escalated fast.
“I want to take over my family's clinic,” says Mr. Oda, a hard-working student, always happily talking about his dreams to his friends. I was attracted to him little by little. However, even though we were in the same medical school, we had never really talked to each other. Wanting an opportunity, I mustered up the courage to lend him my notebook because he overslept and was late for class. With this, the distance between him and him has shrunk. Faster than expected...
Acting
Mako Iga carries the quiet desperation flawlessly.
Production
That tiny room becomes its own character.
Director
Kitorune Kawaguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Medical school pressure in Japanese cinema often mirrors competitive examination hell; this subverts it into erotic drama.
Director Kitorune Kawaguchi reportedly shot the cramped apartment scenes in an actual 6-tatami Tokyo apartment.
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