"Smells Like Green Spirit" Blu-ray BOX [3Blu-ray+CD]

[Machine Translation] Set in the closed-off countryside of the Heisei era, this is a story of a summer of pale youth, in which a boy awakens to his own identity and the boys surrounding him. The film features the fresh performances of young actors Shunta Sono and Kodai Fujimoto, including lead actor Tobiu Araki, against a backdrop of green scenery. Popular actor Ken-arashi Abe gives a monstrous performance as a "perverted man. --A young boy from the countryside in the Heisei era, Futoshi Mishima (Araki Tobiwa) is bullied by a group led by his classmate Kirino Makoto (Sono Shunta), who belongs to the basketball club, because of his long hair and slouching body. Mishima, however, has no way to resist and finds solace in her daily routine of transforming herself into a "kawaii" (cute) girl by wearing lipstick and other women's clothing behind her back. One day, while Mishima is on the rooftop, he witnesses Kirino trying to put on her lips the lipstick she had lost before... Kirino, who hides her true self from the world, Taro Yumeno (Kodai Fujimoto), a member of the bullying group, and Yanagida (Koran Abe), a newly appointed social studies teacher, are all concerned about Mishima's "excesses. Mishima's awakening to his own identity triggers Kirino, Yumeno, and Yanagida to gradually reveal their "hidden feelings. The story of their summer of pale adolescence, in search of a place where they can be their "true selves" somewhere in this world, begins here. The bonus disc includes a making-of featurette and PR footage.

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閉鎖的な平成のド田舎を舞台に、自分のアイデンティティに目覚め、彼を取り巻く少年たちが織り成すひと夏の淡い青春ストーリー。緑の風景をバックに主演の荒木飛羽をはじめとする若手俳優、曽野舜太、藤本洸大のみずみずしい演技! 人気の俳優、阿部顕嵐が「倒錯した男」を怪演。 ――平成のド田舎の男子学生・三島フトシ (荒木飛羽)は、髪が長く、なよなよしているという理由から、バスケットボール部に所属するクラスメイト・桐野マコト (曽野舜太)率いるグループにイジメを受けている。しかし三島は抵抗するすべもなく、隠れて口紅を塗ったり、女性ものの服を着たり、"カワイイ自分に変身する"という日課が心のよりどころになっていた。そんなある日、三島が屋上にいると、以前なくした口紅を桐野が自らの唇に塗ろうとしていることを目撃し・・・。"本当の自分"を隠して学校生活をおくる桐野、"なぜか"三島に強く当たるイジメグループの一人・夢野太郎 (藤本洸大)、"やたら"三島を気に掛ける新任の社会科教諭・柳田 (阿部顕嵐)。自分のアイデンティティに目覚める三島の存在をきっかけに、桐野・夢野・柳田の"秘めたる感情"が徐々に明かされていく。この世界のどこかで"本当の自分"でいられる場所を求めた彼らのひと夏の淡い青春物語、ここに開幕――。映像特典は、メイキング映像、キャスト座談会映像、制作発表記者会見映像、PR映像を収録。CD (「スメルズ ライク グリーン スピリット」サウンドトラック by 中村中)付き。