Draw me.

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STORY

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Koyori EDOGAWA, whose been marked with her abundant talent as a manga artist. Kiriko ASAI, the most popular student who must always be perfect. Two high school students who are always under scrutiny sympathize with each other and search for freedom.

No one knows the real you, so can you be happy now? Kiriko tells Koyori who’s alone and isolated after she drew a manga depicting her classmates and teachers, “That manga is the best.'' It's a manga where so many people are hurt and die. But why?”

Kiriko is good at sports, has excellent grades, and her beauty wins her great popularity. But Koyori gradually becomes captivated by Kiriko's “hidden” face that she never shows.
What is Kiriko’s true meaning behind the words “Draw me”?

This is a short film that focuses on the mind of a teenager who is confused between the real self and the self she shows in public.

CAST

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Momoko KOBAYASHI
Erika TAKIZAWA

STAFF

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Original Story, Screenplay & Director: Kohei KIYASU
Executive Producer: Yoshinobu NOMA
Producers: Ryoichi SUZUKI, Hinami KAMAKURA, Takuya NAGAMORI, Keiichi YUTA, Kyohei SUDATE, Tomonori KOYANAGI
Music: Kenichi NAGAHASHI, agehasprings Party
DOP: Masaya SUZUKI
Electrician: Takaho ICHIKAWA
Sound Recording: Yasuhiro AKAZAWA
Manga/Chalkboard Arts: Taisei YAMAGISHI

Info

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Year of production: 2024
Country: Japan
Running time: 20min
Language: Japanese

Director

Kohei KIYASU
1997 - Graduated from Hiroshima University, Faculty of Education,
Department of Fine Arts.
2000 - Established theater troupe, “Bull Docking Headlock,” which he writes for and directs. Have held 30 stage plays in 20 years.
2013 - Won the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Screenplay for “The KIRISHIMA Thing” (directed by Daihachi YOSHIDA). Also active as a voice actor.