Happyend

Playful and beautifully crafted, this smart, sweet fiction feature debut from Neo Sora transports us to a dystopian near-future Tokyo – under the constant threat of earthquakes and dangerously close to becoming a total surveillance state.

Amidst the oppressive atmosphere of their school, wannabe DJs Yuta (Hayato Kurihara) and Kou (Yukito Hidaka) pursue their secret passion for dance music – trying their best to escape the cameras proliferating throughout the city and their school, where a new system monitors and instantly scrutinises student behaviour. How should they fight back – with traditional protests and sit-ins, or by staging shocking and spectacular pranks?

Infused with raw energy and pulsing with a techno soundtrack, Happyend is both a vivid coming-of-age portrait and a hopeful, youthful vision of resistance and joy in the face of control.

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