The Kirishima Thing

The Kirishima Thing

2012 · 103 min · JA · 6.7 (51 votes)
Dir. Daihachi Yoshida · Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, Masahiro Higashide, Suzuka Ohgo, Kurumi Shimizu, Mizuki Yamamoto · Music Tatsuo Kondô
Drama

A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.

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A quiet unease permeates this film. It captures the suffocating atmosphere of high school social dynamics, where unspoken rules and collective anxieties ripple through the student body after a mysterious event. The focus is on the subtle shifts in relationships and the weight of collective silence.

tensemelancholicunsettlingintrospectiveslow-burnslice-of-lifecharacter studynaturalisticarthouseconformitysocial pressureadolescencemystery
high schooljapanbased on novel or bookvolleyballdisappearancehigh school studentjapanese high school
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