Ashita no watashi no tsukurikata

Based on a novel by 30-year-old Kaori Mado and directed by Jun Ichikawa, Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata is a film in the category seishun eiga (dramas about teenagers, usually set in or around schools). But Jun Ichikawa goes beyond the clichés associated with seishun eiga’s and focuses on how two girls struggle to define their individual identities in modern Japanese society.