☀︎ Venice International Film Festival
☀︎ Toronto International Film Festival
☀︎ New York Film Festival
In near-future Tokyo, a seemingly harmless prank on the principal leads to the installation of an oppressive surveillance system in the school. While the incident awakens high schoolerKou’s political consciousness, his best friend Yuta remains oblivious to the changes around him. Soon, their rift becomes too big to ignore. After directing the transcendent Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus, Neo Sora makes his dramatic feature directorial debut with this socially relevant and melancholic cautionary tale about adolescent bonds and if they can survive the volatility of a tumultuous political and social landscape.
Director: Neo Sora
Cast: Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Ayumu Nakajima, Makiko Watanabe
![]() | About the Director Neo Sora is a filmmaker, artist, and translator living in Tokyo and New York. Neo has directed, shot, and produced short narrative films, documentaries, music videos, fashion spots, and a concert film. In 2015, Neo shot and co-directed an ethnographic documentary and art project entitled Ainu Neno An Ainu, along with artist collective Lunch Bee House, which he is a part of. In 2017, Neo participated in Talents Tokyo 2017 as director. His newest short film, The Chicken, an adaptation of a short story by Naoya Shiga premiered at Locarno International Film Festival 2020 and has subsequently played at New York Film Festival 2020 among others. | |