Film Movement has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Neo Sora’s Japanese dystopian sci-fi drama Happyend.
Set in a near future Tokyo, which is under the constant threat of catastrophic earthquake, the film sees a high school installed with oppressive security system after Yuta and Kou play a prank on their principal. Soon their conflicting feelings on their frustrating situation forces the best friends to confront the differences they have never identified before in their life-long friendship.
The cast includes Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Shirô Sano, Yûta Hayashi, Shina Peng, Arazi, Kilala Inori, Makiko Watanabe, Ayumu Nakajima, Yuta Koga, Motomasa Okui, and Pushim. Check out the trailer below…
Best friends Yuta and Kou are about to graduate high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in the school. Between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, Kou feels increasingly frustrated with the world while Yuta seems completely unaware. Finding an empathetic ear in a passionate student activist, Kou’s political consciousness blossoms. Assuming that Yuta would never understand his newfound interests, Kou begins to avoid his friend. For the first time in their lifelong friendship, the two are forced to confront differences that they never had expressed before.
Happyend arrives in cinemas on September 12th.
