Happyend
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“Something big is about to change”
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Overview
In a near future Tokyo, fears of an impending mega-earthquake loom while an authoritarian government strengthens its grip over civil liberties. Best friends Yuta and Kou (Hayato Kurihara and Yukito Hidaka) play a remarkable prank on their principle and soon enough an intrusive AI-operated surveillance system is installed that assigns students demerits for ‘poor behaviour’. While Yuta wants to ignore everything and party, Kou finds himself eager to push back against the system, inspired by his classmate Fumi (Kilala Inori).
“Complex, beguiling and often brilliant”
“Strikes a remarkable balance between social satire and adolescent drama, finding points of alignment between the humour of everyday teen life and the absurdity of the bureaucracies that shape it”
“Heartfelt, gently humorous and possessing a keen understanding of the passage from juvenile to adult thinking, it’s a thoughtful and solemnly beautiful feature debut”
Why See This Film
The narrative debut from Neo Sora (who previously made the elegiac performance film about his father Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus), Happyend is a funny, fresh and bittersweet portrait of a young generation at a historic turning point, faced with the end of the world and the resurgence of old oppressive systems. Does one disassociate and party while one can, or is real change within reach? Together with an exhilarating young cast, stunning cinematography, design and music, Sora takes his time with this question and how it's processed by the adolescent mind, giving grace to the precious little moments of friendship, angst, love, longing and ennui.
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