日本製少年

1990年代日本の精神的廃墟のなかでもがく青春像を描く、インディペンデント・フィルム。父親を殺そうとした過去を持つ田中大和。説明不能の衝動から事件を起こした大和は、浦安の安アパートで孤立していた。バイト探しを続ける彼は、池袋の駅前でティッシュを配る少女・薫と出会う。一瞬の内に互いの孤独と絶望感を感じ取る二人。薫の心臓にはペースメーカーが埋まっており、間もなく切れる電池の交換を拒否している。薫の事務所は売春とトルエンの売買を本業とし、社長の松浦は少女たちを奇妙な家族的雰囲気でまとめていた。破滅の道行きをたどる大和と薫。松浦は射殺され、犯人とされる大和を“18歳の少女を連れて逃走中の模様……“とマスコミが伝えていた。Yamato Tanaka, who attempted to murder his father in the past, used to work as a janitor in a theme park. Now unemployed, Yamato lives in a very humble apartment room. He lost his family by the crime he committed with the urge he himself couldn't and even now can explain. He has nowhere to go, and becomes isolated in the big city. His continuous job search is unsuccessful, and one day he meets a young girl Kaoru who is passing out advertisement packaged with free tissue to the crowd at a train station. He aggressively gets involved with her. The two immediately feel the mutual isolation and desperation within themselves. These are youngsters with no purpose in their lives, symbolizing the Japanese society which passed the post-war economic peak period. Yamato and Kaoru go down the road of destruction, being sucked into the deep, dark ditch of society. Filling the screen images both stark and surreal, director Ataru Oikawa draws an unadulterated portrait of youth.