World Premiere
17+
ANIKI
26 minutes | 2026 | Japan | Drama | Japanese
SYNOPSIS
In winter, Atsushi, a yakuza, travels to a depopulated port town to find his missing sworn brother, Koga. He arrives at the ruins of a seaside mansion, only to unexpectedly encounter Anna, a woman he once cared for who, like Koga, has fallen into severe drug addiction. Bound to this abandoned estate and a silent, doomed harbor, the three begin to lose themselves in time—playing together as if they have regressed to childhood.
SCHEDULE
CREDIT
| Production Company | LILLAS WHITE ROOM |
| Producer | Kentaro Kanbara |
| Director | Shunsuke Nakajima |
| Scriptwriter | Shunsuke Nakajima |
| Cinematographer | Ryohei Misono |
| Production Designer | Shunsuke Nakajima |
| Editor | Tatsuo Izumi |
| Main Cast | Ryo Toyomitsu, Masahiro Umeda |
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| Notable Achievement | – |
| Contact | shortfilms@parallaxchina.com |
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Shunsuke Nakajima
Born in Japan in 1987, Shunsuke Nakajima studied under Nobuhiro Suwa at Tokyo Zokei University. A bisexual filmmaker, his works center on themes of personal pain. In 2020, he debuted with Share the Pain, inspired by a junior high school same-sex experience. His short film, Empty, was selected for the 32nd Raindance Film Festival in 2024. In July 2025, his debut feature, Conceiving, received a nationwide theatrical release in Japan.
