To believe, or not to believe, that is the question… A gripping film challenging us to question what is real, whom to trust and how fragile the images we create of others truly are.
Fukuoka, 2003. Devoted schoolteacher Yabushita Seiichi (Ayano Go) is accused of callously disciplining a child by the boy’s mother (Shibasaki Ko). Despite insisting that it is completely untrue, Seiichi is forced by his headteacher - who is more concerned about the school’s reputation - to apologise publicly. However, a news reporter (Kamenashi Kazuya) seizes on the story, publishing a sensational exposé that reveals Seiichi’s real name and casts him as a national villain. Internationally acclaimed director Miike Takashi delivers a film which serves as both a social critique and a moral inquiry. (Subtitles)
Japan 2025 Miike Takashi 129m
