Sairi Ito

Ai, a girl who is neglected by her religious mother to the point of abuse, and finally dumped into a weird love-cult.

Prodded by a friend request, a feckless forty-something recalls his past relationships from the 90s onward, looking for his vanished hopes and dreams.

Nagata (Yamazaki) is the writer/director of an unpopular theatre troupe. One day, he meets Saki (Matsuoka), a young woman who had come to Tokyo to become an actress, and they fall in love. While Saki sees Nagata's talent and indulges him, he believes that the only way he can make her happy is to succeed as a playwright. But as he struggles to hone his craft, the distance between them grows.

On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety— “Suzume” is a coming-of-age story for the 17-year-old protagonist, Suzume, set in various disaster-stricken locations across Japan, where she must close the doors causing devastation.