Yuji Nagamori

THE HABAKARIAN

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary junior high school. However, it is a horrible black hole where boys are forbidden to urinate. One day, a good and decent boy is suddenly struck by a fierce urge to urinate... The story brings to light the hidden traditions of the school and the history of power struggles among the students, while the boy's lonely and cruel battle is finally described. The verbal and visual shoot-out with its overflowing spirit of parody is noteworthy.

PARA

Para" means "paranoia", "paradox" and "paradise". The protagonist, "I", has a tendency to take things too seriously, or perhaps he is too pure, but every day is a battle of worry and reckoning. He has an unusual knowledge of SM for a high school student and is even picked up by a beautiful boy... This is a documentary-style film essay of his youth, coloured by various ironies such as "quantity over quality" and "compromise is a virtue".