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21st Century Girl

21st Century Girl

15 short films with an animated end-title sequence by young women directors born in late ‘80s to ‘90s.

2019•1h 57m•7.2/10
DramaRomance

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🎬TMDb
7.2/10(8)

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

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Production

AOI Pro., VAP

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Serena Motola

Serena Motola

(segment "Out of Fashion")

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Aki Asakura

Aki Asakura

(segment "Mirror")

Sairi Ito

Sairi Ito

(segment "Projection")

Erika Karata

Erika Karata

(segment "For Lonesome Blossoms")

Shizuka Ishibashi

Shizuka Ishibashi

(segment "Muse")

Ayu Kitaura

Ayu Kitaura

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Akari Kinoshita

Akari Kinoshita

(segment "I wanna be your cat")

Mei Kurokawa

Mei Kurokawa

(segment "Sex-less, Sex-friends")

Kumi Takiuchi

Kumi Takiuchi

(segment "Mirror")

Anna Yamada

Anna Yamada

(segment "Love Desiccant")

An Ogawa

An Ogawa

(segment "Projection")

Toko Miura

Toko Miura

(segment "Your Sheet")

Sara Minami

Sara Minami

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Urara Matsubayashi

Urara Matsubayashi

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Elisa Yanagi

Elisa Yanagi

(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")

Rena Matsui

Rena Matsui

(segment "Reborn")

Kyoko Hinami

Kyoko Hinami

Haruka Kubo

Haruka Kubo

Kotone Furukawa

Kotone Furukawa

(segment "Anytime, anywhere")

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