Midori (1996)

6.6/10 104 min Drama

Overview

Midori is a coming-of-age drama set amongst the heady high school world of peer rivalry and sexual awakening, featuring an emotionally-detached high-school girl who, her parents dead, lives with her brother and his overprotective wife. After being sent out of class due to a dizzy spell, she becomes acquainted with Shun, a boy in the class below, in the school sanatorium. As the two begin feigning illness together on a regular basis, their uncomfortable flirtations soon blossom into a full sexual relationship.

Cast

Haruhiko Kato

Masato Irie

Hiroko Nakajima

Léona Hirota

Yosuke Kubozuka

Tomorowo Taguchi

Shungicu Uchida

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