A Girl on the Shore

A Girl on the Shore

Rain, I hate. Wind, I don't mind. But the sea...

Directed by Atsushi Ueda

Produced by stylejam, Pony Canyon

2021108 min7.0 / 10

A melancholic slice-of-life romance about two junior high students using physical intimacy to escape emotional loneliness, grounded in wistful observation of adolescent disconnection.

Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives.

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