Wataru Monma

Modern or Anarchy

This is a contemporary adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Manji, reimagined with reversed genders to depict a destructive love story between men and women. Kōtarō Sonoda, unable to give up his dream of becoming a painter, quits his office job and starts attending art school. At school, he encounters a beautiful young man named Mitsuru Usami. Sonoda invites Usami to his home, leading to a physical relationship and growing distance from his wife, Yayoi. However, it is later revealed that Usami has a fiancée.

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Hiro, a young Korean man in Japan, meets Aoi, a digital artist from a wealthy but restrictive family. As their relationship deepens, they visit a charkha studio, inspiring Hiro to create music again. Aoi rejects her family’s corporate expectations and stays at Hiro’s mother’s house. When Hiro gets an unexpected music opportunity in New York, they plan to go together, but Aoi’s father pressures them to separate.