Dependence (2023)
Shuichi and Rina are a twenty-something couple living together. Shuichi is working as a fiction editor for a book publisher, while Rina is unemployed, since she finds it hard to keep a job. When Shuichi's colleague runs away because of their terrible boss, Shuichi suddenly gets reassigned to work with Nishikawa, a stuck-up author who writes banal but popular self-help books. Rina gets hired to be his editor by complete chance, since Nishikawa ends up liking her out-of-the-box thinking. When Rina starts to succeed while Shuichi struggles, the problems in their relationship start to become apparent.
Director:
Kento Yamaguchi
Writers:
Aura Yamashina, Kento Yamaguchi.
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Mario Kuroba as |
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Moeka Hoshi as |
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Rena Matsui as |
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Junpei Yasui as |
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Ami Tomite as |
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Sei Ando as |
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Alissa Yagi as |
| Production | Michihito Fujii | Producer |
| Production | Yusuke Suzuki | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Aura Yamashina | Screenplay |
| Art | Naoki Soma | Art Direction |
| Directing | Kento Yamaguchi | Director |
| Writing | Kento Yamaguchi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yuji Iwamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jimusho Koike | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Takahiro Mizuse | Gaffer |
| Sound | Tatsuhiro Okamoto | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Amanashi Mayuko | Producer |