Smells Like Green Spirit the Movie

Smells Like Green Spirit the Movie

2025 · Drama

This is a coming-of-age story set in a closed-off rural area in the Heisei era, depicting the summer spent by Mishima Futoshi, who has just realized his identity, and the boys around him. Mishima, who was bullied by his classmate Kirino Makoto, made it a daily habit to secretly apply lipstick and wear women's clothes. One day, he witnesses Kirino trying to apply lipstick to his lips that he had lost.

Directed by Ikuko Sawada · Written by Yuka Arai

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Towa Araki Futoshi Mishima
Shunta Sono Makoto Kirino
Kodai Fujimoto Taro Yumeno
Alan Abe Yanagida

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