Short film

Catch up
2023 · 8 min
A quiet, sunlit slice of summer where small social awkwardness carries real weight, leaving a gentle ache about drifting friendships.
- Directed by
- Hironori Kujiraoka
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Misaki Hattori, Daiji Asakawa, Kirari Saruta
- Overview
- During summer vacation Natsumi is busy studying for her entrance exams. One day, as a change of pace she plays baseball with her childhood friend, Yusho. He suggests that they invite someone else to join them but that makes Natsumi uncomfortable. The friend he was going to invite was her "former best friend" whom she had not spoken to in a while.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Friendship, coming-of-age, identity, isolation
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Hironori Kujiraoka
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Misaki Hattori, Daiji Asakawa, Kirari Saruta

