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Downtown Utopia (2023)
Directed by Yuki Otsuka
Overview
Naomi Kishi who has a habit of self-harm, grew up with a mother with an abnormally strong desire for control and was profoundly ill. Naomi’s relationship with her mother became unbearable, and she fled her parents’ home. She goes to a downtown area where her mother is out of sight. She is caught when she enters an old-fashioned coffee shop, eats and drinks without paying. However, the coffee shop manager does not take her to task and even offers her a place to live. She begins living in a shared house in the downtown area, and gradually regains her true self through contact with unique people she has never met before in her life.
Length 78 minutes
Actors
Miyu Yoshimoto | Keisaku Kimura | Hiroaki Miyakawa | Hiroki Nakajima | Keisuke Horibe | Shinsuke Kato | Nozomi Muraoka | Ryusuke Komakine | Tomoka Nakagawa | Mai Koito | Alisa Sakamaki | Shoken Kunimoto | Keiji Matsuda