(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
NPO employee
Yoshika Kurume
Yoshimichi Sasaki [Young]
Natsuki Kiryu [Young]
Taiki Terai
Yoshimichi Sasaki
Daiya Morohashi
Yumi Terai
Yume Takami
Hideki Kokawa
Shū Nishiyama
Saori Nasu

Crew

Original Story
Art Direction
Theme Song Performance
Assistant Director
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Digital Imaging Technician
Sound Recordist
Lighting Technician
Sound Effects
Director of Photography
Line Producer
Hair Setup