The Whole Distance

Set in the late 60s in a small seaside town, this coming of age drama centres on a young girl named Nagisa. She spends her summer holidays working in a local seaside bar, searching for her lost cat, dancing to rock’n’roll and discovering first love.

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (パーfectブルー 夢なら醒めて, Pāfekuto Burū: Yume Nara Samete) is a 2002 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Toshiki Satō and adapted from the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The story centers on Ai, a teen pop idol transitioning to a recording career, whose life unravels amid fixation from a obsessive convenience store clerk, leading to themes of distorted self-perception, narcissistic delusions, and violent events.

A young couple in love prepares to marry, but--contrary to the popular stereotype--the woman develops a classic case of "cold feet" and seeks the advice of an older man. In no position to offer solid counsel since his own marriage is failing, he instead allows her to seduce him.

Kumi lost her husband two years ago and, due to the debts he left behind, moved in with her late husband's younger brother, Jiro, where she lives a happy life, helping out at the auto repair shop he runs. She wears a kimono when she visits clients, sometimes using her body as a weapon to close deals. Jiro secretly harbors feelings for her, but Kumi has no intention of accepting them. Jiro's daughter, Shiori, realizes her father's feelings and begins to resent Kumi. One day, Kumi goes to a business meeting with a client, K Promotion. However, it turns out to be an apartment-style image health club, and there, to her surprise, she finds Shiori there...