Keizo Fujikawa

It's a tribute to The Doors, but it's not just a tribute to them, it's also a criticism of rock stars who die too easily.

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.

A girl wanders down a long road. When she comes to, she finds herself in a deserted new town. A middle-aged man calls out to her and puts her in his car. The man, who claims to be a probation officer, is in fact the caretaker of the housing estate, and makes it a routine to approach women with the intention of roughing them up.

Japan’s oldest student dormitory holds a century of autonomous history. Facing a university demanding their eviction due to the building’s age, the residents, fighting for the survival of their space, question the future using dialogue as their foundation.