(Ab)normal Desire (2023)
Original title: 正欲
(Ab)normal Desire is a 2023 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, with a running time of 2h 14m. It stars Goro Inagaki, Yui Aragaki and Hayato Isomura.
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?
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What is (Ab)normal Desire about?
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?
When was (Ab)normal Desire released?
(Ab)normal Desire was released on 10 November 2023.
How long is (Ab)normal Desire?
(Ab)normal Desire runs 2h 14m.
Who made (Ab)normal Desire?
(Ab)normal Desire was directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi.
Cast
- Goro Inagaki as Hiroki Terai
- Yui Aragaki as Natsuki Kiryu
- Hayato Isomura as Yoshimichi Sasaki
- Kanta Sato as Daiya Morohashi
- Ayaka Higashino as Yaeko Kobe
- Maho Yamada as Yumi Terai
- Nozomi Bando as Yume Takami
- Shohei Uno as Hideki Kokawa
- Daichi Watanabe as Shū Nishiyama
- Eri Tokunaga as Saori Nasu
- Ryo Iwase as Yohei Yatabe
- Hiroshi Yamamoto as teacher