Kami Kai

[Machine Translation] The first production of TOEI VIDEO NEW CINEMA FACTORY. Is this time prison or heaven? What is the truth that awaits us at the end of the repeating time... A new time-looping coming-of-age film in which sad feelings and human nature intersect. Directed and written by Nakamura Kiichiro, an up-and-coming director whose short film "GUNKANJIMA -Traveler in Time-" ( 15 ) was highly acclaimed at film festivals in Japan and abroad. The main character, Trees, is played by Aoki Yuzu, who first gained attention for her role as Momotaro, the younger brother of the heroine in the NHK TV series "Come Come Everybody" (Hinata), and has since starred in a number of other films. Aoki Yuzu has played the role of Ena, a classmate of Momotaro's, in the independent film "Aichan Monogatari" (22), which won high acclaim at the 2021 Pia Film Festival, and "Ai Chan Monogatari? ( 22 ) and "Aichan Monogatari" ( 23 ), which won high praise at the 2021 Pia Film Festival. ( 23 ), which won high acclaim at the Pia Film Festival in 2021, Akane Sakanoue plays the role of Ena, a classmate of Ena's who continues to face the loop of time as her emotions change. --It is summer vacation in high school. It is summer vacation in high school, and Tree (Yuzu Aoki) and Ena (Akane Sakanoue), who have become members of the festival committee, begin meeting in the classroom to discuss the program they are going to put on. However, after a while, only Jyu notices that they go back to the beginning of the meeting. Tree is stuck in a time loop and struggles to somehow get out of the situation. Can he escape by leaving the school building? The janitor in the schoolyard is suspicious! Maybe someone from the student council knows something... I can't even die! You try every possible way to get out, but fail at every turn. For the umpteenth time, he discovers that he has grown gray hair and wrinkles around his eyes. He is "growing...? Will he be able to escape from the prison of time? A painful truth awaits at the end of the repeating time.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of, trailer(s)

TOEI VIDEO NEW CINEMA FACTORY 第1回製作作品。この時間は、監獄か天国か――!? 繰り返す時間の先に待つ真実とは・・・ 切ない想いと人間の本性とが交錯する、新感覚タイムループ青春映画。監督・脚本を務めるのは、短編『GUNKANJIMA -Traveler in Time-』(15)が国内外の映画祭で評価された新鋭・中村貴一朗。主人公・樹に扮するのは、NHK連続テレビ小説「カムカムエブリバディ」〈ひなた編〉でヒロインの弟・桃太郎役を好演し注目を集め、その後も主演・出演作が続く青木柚。その同級生・恵那役を、2021年ぴあフィルムフェスティバルで高評価を得た自主制作映画『愛ちゃん物語?』(22)、『ぬけろ、メビウス!!』(23)と主演が続く坂ノ上茜が演じ、樹の心情が変遷していく中でループし続ける時間に対峙し続ける。――高校の夏休み。文化祭の実行委員になった樹 (青木柚) と恵那 (坂ノ上茜) は教室で出し物の打ち合わせを始めた。しかし、しばらくすると打ち合わせの最初に戻ってしまうことに樹だけが気付く。タイムループに陥った樹はなんとかその状況から抜け出そうと奮闘する。校舎を出れば抜け出せるのか。校庭にいる用務員が怪しい!? 生徒会の人間が何かを知っているかも・・・。死ぬことすらできない!! ありとあらゆる方法を試すも、ことごとく失敗に終わっていく。何度目かもわからないループで、樹は自分に白髪が生え、目じりにしわが刻まれていることを発見する。「成長・・・している!?」果たして樹は無事に"時の監獄"から抜け出すことができるのか――。繰り返す時間の先には、切ない真実が待っていた。

映像特典: メイキング、予告編