Phantom

[Machine Translation] Hanami, a former underground idol working as an office worker for a foreign food company, plans to cut down her living expenses and invest in stocks to build an alter ego that will generate the same dividends as her salary income. Her boyfriend, Naoyuki, laughs at her, saying, "Money not spent is dead," and she becomes involved in an online community led by a certain person. He believes that the updated world of barter will overcome the modern financial system, which is full of money games. Hami tries to use her "alter ego" to win back Naoyuki, who has started living in a group with other members.... The highly developed capitalism is a new illusion that emerges as if it were a flaw in the system. Keisuke Haneda's new masterpiece depicts the struggles of modern man.

外資系食料品メーカーの事務職として働く元地下アイドルの華美は、生活費を切り詰め株に投資することで、給与収入と同じ配当を生む分身の構築を目論んでいる。恋人の直幸は「使わないお金は死んでいる」と華美を笑い、とある人物率いるオンラインコミュニティ活動にのめる込んでゆく。そのアップデートされた物々交換の世界は、マネーゲームに明け暮れる現代の金融システムを乗り越えゆくのだ、と。やがて会員たちと集団生活を始めた直幸を取り戻すべく、華美は“分身”の力を使おうとするのだが...。高度に発達した資本主義、その欠陥を衝くように生まれる新たな幻影―富に近づけば、死にも近づく。現代人の葛藤を描く羽田圭介の新たな代表作。