CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2012
The Kirishima Thing posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2012 1h 43m JPN

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Why this pick

Like The Kirishima Thing, it uses a cool, observant ensemble style to expose the instability beneath ordinary social roles, letting discomfort accumulate through small interactions rather than overt drama.

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Why this pick

Its patient, naturalistic attention to group conversations and private fractures closely suits the social realism and shifting perspectives that make The Kirishima Thing so incisive.

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For its sharp look at performance, status, and insecurity within a creative community, it echoes The Kirishima Thing’s witty, uneasy examination of how people define themselves around others.

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Why this pick

More raw and intimate, but similarly committed to social observation and unshowy performances, finding pressure and longing in the relationships surrounding its central character.

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Why this pick

Its lucid, quietly destabilizing approach to identity and romantic projection will appeal if you liked how The Kirishima Thing observes people revising themselves within a watchful social world.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Ryuunosuke Kamiki

Ryuunosuke Kamiki

Ryoya Maeda

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

Kasumi Higashihara

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Hiroki Kikuchi

Mizuki Yamamoto

Mizuki Yamamoto

Risa

Mayu Matsuoka

Mayu Matsuoka

Sana

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

Fuusuke

Motoki Ochiai

Motoki Ochiai

Ryuta

Nobuyuki Suzuki

Nobuyuki Suzuki

Kubo