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[Machine Translation] The world's most sought-after up-and-coming director, Hisashi Sorane, makes his shocking debut as a feature film director! A new milestone in coming-of-age films set in a possible future is born! The film was officially entered in the Orizzonti Competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in 2024. The main characters, Yuta and Ko, are played by Kurihara Souto and Hidaka Yukito, who were selected through an audition. Although it was their first performance, they realistically expressed the subtleties of a high school student's mind. The roles of the students were played by young talents from all walks of life. The story is supported by a cast of talented actors including Shiro Sano as the principal, adding depth to the story. --XX years from now, in a city in Japan, Yuta and Ko are childhood friends. Yuta and Ko are childhood friends and best friends. They spend their days playing music and pranks with their usual friends. One night, just before high school graduation, they sneak into a school and pull an outrageous prank. When the principal discovers the prank the next day, he becomes furious, and the school even introduces an AI system that monitors the students at all hours of the day. This incident causes Koh to think deeply about his identity and his discomfort with society, which he had been accumulating until then. On the other hand, Yuta wants to continue to have fun with her friends as before, and their relationship gradually becomes strained...

*Rated 12-and-over.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer(s) (subject to change)

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世界中が求める新鋭・空音央 衝撃の長編劇映画デビュー作! ありえるかもしれない未来を舞台に描く青春映画の新たなる金字塔が誕生! 2024年第81回ヴェネツィア国際映画祭 オリゾンティ・コンペティション部門 正式出品作品。主人公のユウタとコウを演じたのは、オーディションで大抜擢された栗原颯人と日高由起刀。初演技ながら高校生の心の機微をリアルに表現した。また生徒役にはあらゆるルーツを持つ若き才能たちが集結。そして校長役の佐野史郎をはじめとする実力派俳優陣が脇を固め、物語に深みを与えている。――今からXX年後、日本のとある都市。ユウタとコウは幼馴染で大親友。いつもの仲間たちと音楽や悪ふざけに興じる日々を過ごしている。高校卒業間近のある晩、こっそり忍び込んだ学校で2人はとんでもないいたずらを仕掛ける。翌日いたずらを発見した校長は激昂し、学校に四六時中生徒を監視するAIシステムを導入する騒ぎにまで発展。この出来事をきっかけに、コウは、それまで蓄積していた、自身のアイデンティティと社会に対する違和感について深く考えるようになる。その一方で、今までと変わらず仲間と楽しいことだけをしていたいユウタ。2人の関係は次第にぎくしゃくしはじめ・・・。

特典映像約2分: 劇場予告編 (予定)