There are some things in this world that shouldn’t be said

The woman, wearing a cap and bowing deeply, is humble and laughs a lot, far from the image of a “director” wielding a megaphone.

“I’ve always loved touching people’s emotions. I want to be present at the moment when someone’s heart is moved. I wanted to create a work that would directly convey the feeling of losing one’s self during an act of lust such as sex, the ferocity that cannot be hidden, and that kind of impulse.

As a director, I was particular about creating a sense of reality even in a fictional film. I chose an actress who looked as amateurish as possible, and I purposely did not hold detailed meetings beforehand, instead letting the male actor take the lead. I also tried to capture a “natural” reaction on camera.”

Kissy says he first became fully aware of sex when he was in elementary school.

“A boy in my class was using something like a ‘sexy word,’ so I looked it up in the dictionary and thought ‘Is there really a world like this?'”

Most of his classmates in elementary school were precocious kids who enjoyed talking dirty, so he learned a little about common sense after entering the prestigious Ogakuin Junior High School.

“Because it was a private junior high school, most of the students were well-mannered, so I learned that in this world you shouldn’t say things like that (laughs). However, there were some kids who found my character amusing.”

She was a brilliant student who graduated from one of the top three prestigious girls’ schools, and her candid, lively smile is burned deeply into my memory.

But I was surprised by his background.

“My mother was prone to hysterical outbursts, and my father would stay in his room except when he went to work and didn’t have much interaction with his family.
My mother’s violent temper, in which she would yell loudly and throw things, was a daily occurrence for me as a child, and it was terrifying. Even now, when I feel stressed, my tinnitus sometimes goes uncontrollable.
I remember when I was a kindergartener, I tried to commit suicide. I hated my family so much that I hated living. But I stopped myself, thinking, ‘Why do I have to die?'”