
Monster(2023)
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.


“Something is missing from her”
Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.

Nana Seino
Ai

Hirotaro Honda

Hinako Tanaka

Ayuri Yoshinaga
Yuri

Nobuaki Kaneko

Lily
Sergey Kuvaev

Mitsuko Takahashi
Nowhere Girl is a drama, thriller, action film released in 2015 exploring themes of japan, violence in schools. Directed by Mamoru Oshii, it stars Nana Seino, Hirotaro Honda, Hinako Tanaka. Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.
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