(Ab)normal Desire (2023)
Drama
Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
Cast
Hiroki Terai
Natsuki Kiryu
Yohei Yatabe
teacher
NPO employee
Yoshika Kurume
Yoshimichi Sasaki [Young]
Natsuki Kiryu [Young]
Taiki Terai
Yoshimichi Sasaki
Daiya Morohashi
Yaeko Kobe
Yumi Terai
Yume Takami
Hideki Kokawa
Shū Nishiyama
Saori Nasu
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Original Story
Producer
Producer
Producer
Art Direction
Costumer
Editor
Casting
Music
Theme Song Performance
Assistant Director
Songs
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Digital Imaging Technician
Decorator
Sound Recordist
Lighting Technician
Sound Effects
Director of Photography
Line Producer
Hair Setup