主演：涩谷麻美,笠島智,足立智充,龍健太,吉开菜央,水下暢也,細馬宏通
导演：草野夏香
简介：AkiandNaokoarechildhoodfriendswhoaredriftingapartasadults.Immersedinherfamilylife,Naokonowhasahusbandanddaughter;Aki,ontheotherhand,remainssingleandisonleavefromworkduetoapersonalcrisis.Theplotmightsoundfamiliarbutithasneverbeentoldlikethis.ThedirectorKusanoNatsukastagestheinteractionsthroughanactors’table-readand,asthelinesarerepeated,thescenesgraduallydevelopintoon-locationconversations.Moreover,sherepositionsthedramaticpeakofthestorytothebeginning:AkihasmurderedNaoko’sdaughter. Structurallyinventive,Kusano'sdaringcinemaimplements‘distantiation’effectstogettotheheartoffriendshipissuesattimeswhenlifehassettled.Whiletherepetitionsconveythesuffocationofrolepatternsinbothfriendshipandfamily,alineleftoutoraddedinunsettlesandremindsuslifecantakeunexpectedturns.
