Ai watches a disturbing pattern spread among the people around her.
People begin assembling into unusual gymnastics formations in New Group, and student Ai watches the activity develop a threatening group dynamic. Anna Yamada plays Ai in the Japanese film directed by Yuta Shimotsu. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
The premise connects physical participation with pressure to join others. A familiar collective activity becomes the visible form of a change spreading through Ai’s surroundings. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
Nippon Connection’s official film listing credits the screenplay to Shimotsu and Momoko Sahara. Its cast also includes Yuzu Aoki, Pierre Taki, Ren Komai and Danhi Kinoshita, with Toru Nishioka credited for cinematography. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
The festival records the film as a 2025 Japanese production running 82 minutes and identifies Kadokawa as its world-sales company. Those details place the story’s coordinated movements within a specific fictional school-age perspective: Ai is the person trying to understand what the groups around her are becoming. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.