域2019
导演：草野夏香
演员：涩谷麻美 笠島智 足立智充 龍健太 吉开菜央 水下暢也 細馬宏通
简介：AkiandNaokoarechildhoodfriendswhoaredriftingapartasadults.Immersedinherfamilylife,NaokonowhasahusbandanddaughterAki,ontheotherhand,remainssingleandisonleavefromworkduetoapersonalcrisis.Theplotmightsoundfamiliarbutithasneverbeentoldlikethis.ThedirectorKusanoNatsukastagestheinteractionsthroughanactors’table-readand,asthelinesarerepeated,thescenesgraduallydevelopintoon-locationconversations.Moreover,sherepositionsthedramaticpeakofthestorytothebeginning:AkihasmurderedNaoko’sdaughter. Structurallyinventive,Kusano'sdaringcinemaimplements‘distantiation’effectstogettotheheartoffriendshipissuesattimeswhenlifehassettled.Whiletherepetitionsconveythesuffocationofrolepatternsinbothfriendshipandfamily,alineleftoutoraddedinunsettlesandremindsuslifecantakeunexpectedturns.