女生徒 2022
SCOOLGIRL 75min
Written & Directed by YURIA MATSUSHITA Costume Design & Choreography by ERIKA MATSUSHITA
Inspired by OSAMU DAZAI's novel SCHOOLGIRL Lighting Design by MILO
Sound Engineer NATSUKO YOSHITAKE Sound Design by YUYA SHITO
Piano MAGDALENA ZUK & SHINICHIRO SUDO
Cast BENI NISHIHARA, AYAKA INOUE, YUIKO OMACHI, YUZUKI SHINMARU, HIYORI HAMADA,
KOTOKO OMACHI, AN NISHIHARA, HANAE SEIKE
SYNOPSIS
HAPPINESS ARRIVES ONE NIGHT TOO LATE.
A world where Shizu’s diary and Dazai’s daydreams become intertwined. The time and place are in wartime Japan.
Shizu is a 14-year-old central character. She lives with her mother and is a student at a mysterious girls’ school. She feels suffocated in her world, she has daydreams and sudden mood swings, yet Shizu is a gifted writer who daily includes her thoughts in a diary.
Osamu Dazai is a teacher and a novelist who sees Shizu has special qualities and tries to get closer to her. Gradually Shizu’s daydreaming and Dazai’s writings become connected and transform into a realistic fantasy.
One morning Shizu comes to believe she has lost something important, and she leaves reality.