Lie Down, Close Eyes
2023 / 27 min 28 sec / Fiction
[Synopsis]
Anri and Hideto are a couple at marriage age.
They have promised to marry if Anri becomes pregnant. However, because of Hideto’s infertility, she is unable to conceive.
One day, Anri visits a sperm donation matching website. She believes that if she becomes pregnant through a donor in secret, the child can be raised as Hideto’s.
She meets a sperm donor……
I began writing this work out of an interest in men who cannot reproduce and people who strongly wish to become pregnant.
Screenings
August 2023 — Theatre Café, Nagoya
September 2023 — Jōnen Café
June 2024 — Cinema Jack & Betty, Yokohama
July 2024 — Kujōyama Share House
September 2024 — Goodstock Film Session Vol. 9
April & July 2025 — Movie’s Cafe MATERIAL Tanimachi
November 2025 — Yoshiwara Short Film Festival
December 2025 — Niigata Indies Movie Festival
Other Selection
August 2024 — Nagaoka Indies Movie Competition, Selected
Cast
NITTA Yuri, YAMAMOTO Yu, MASHIKO Sora, KARINO Yuma, NEMOTO Eri, YOSHIDA Yo, KOGUCHI Fumika
Crew
Cinematography: KAWAMOTO Yosuke, Lighting: NISHINO Masahiro, Sound: kkazukima, Shin Andrew, Assistant Director: IGUCHI Sayaka
Title Design
minami
