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21st Century Girl
21st Century Girl

21st Century Girl

15 short films with an animated end-title sequence by young women directors born in late ‘80s to ‘90s.

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21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

03 September 2020

Country

Japan

Cast

Serena Motola

Serena Motola

(segment "Out of Fashion")

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Aki Asakura

Aki Asakura

(segment "Mirror")

Sairi Ito

Sairi Ito

(segment "Projection")

Erika Karata

Erika Karata

(segment "For Lonesome Blossoms")

Shizuka Ishibashi

Shizuka Ishibashi

(segment "Muse")

Ayu Kitaura

Ayu Kitaura

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Akari Kinoshita

Akari Kinoshita

(segment "I wanna be your cat")

Mei Kurokawa

Mei Kurokawa

(segment "Sex-less, Sex-friends")

Kumi Takiuchi

Kumi Takiuchi

(segment "Mirror")

Anna Yamada

Anna Yamada

(segment "Love Desiccant")

An Ogawa

An Ogawa

(segment "Projection")

Toko Miura

Toko Miura

(segment "Your Sheet")

Sara Minami

Sara Minami

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Urara Matsubayashi

Urara Matsubayashi

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Elisa Yanagi

Elisa Yanagi

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Rena Matsui

Rena Matsui

(segment "Reborn")

Kyoko Hinami

Kyoko Hinami

Haruka Kubo

Haruka Kubo

Kotone Furukawa

Kotone Furukawa

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Kaho Minami

Kaho Minami

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Sara Kurashima

Sara Kurashima

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Yuri Nakamura

Yuri Nakamura

(segment "Muse")

Kurumi Shimizu

Kurumi Shimizu

(segment "Your Sheet")

Yū Koyanagi

Yū Koyanagi

(segment "Your Sheet")

Ryusuke Fujiwara

Ryusuke Fujiwara

Amon Hirai

Amon Hirai

(segment "Reborn")

Shunpei Kawagoshi

Shunpei Kawagoshi

(segment "Mucous Membrane")

Kiki Sugino

Kiki Sugino

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuko Miyamoto

Yoko Lee

Yoko Lee

YUKKYUN

YUKKYUN

Koji Moriya

Koji Moriya

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

(segment "Muse")

Atsushi Honma

Atsushi Honma

(segment "Muse")

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Yoshihiko Hosoda

(segment "Mucous Membrane")

Juri Fukushima

Juri Fukushima

Shiori Doi

Shiori Doi

(segment "Projection")

Miyuu Teshima

Miyuu Teshima

Nodoka TsuTsui

Nodoka TsuTsui

Ippei Tanaka

Ippei Tanaka

Taketani Kimio

Taketani Kimio

Momoko Takeuchi

Momoko Takeuchi

Ren Sudo

Ren Sudo

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Shiho

Shiho

Shiho Sasaki

Shiho Sasaki

Ryoko Kobayashi

Ryoko Kobayashi

(segment "Muse")

Kenta Kiguchi

Kenta Kiguchi

(segment "Sex-less, Sex-friends")

Karin Ono

Karin Ono

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Hiroto Oshita

Hiroto Oshita

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Megumi Okawara

Megumi Okawara

Natsumi Ibuki

Natsumi Ibuki

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