Quicksand -reverse- (movie)
卍 リバース- Production country: JP
- Producer: Tadaaki Horai
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 5/24/2024
- Run time: 99 min.
Movie description
This is a contemporary adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel Manji, reimagined with reversed genders to depict a destructive love story between men and women. Kōtarō Sonoda, unable to give up his dream of becoming a painter, quits his office job and starts attending art school. At school, he encounters a beautiful young man named Mitsuru Usami. Sonoda invites Usami to his home, leading to a physical relationship and growing distance from his wife, Yayoi. However, it is later revealed that Usami has a fiancée.