Samayu Kuroyanagi

by Shiika Okada

I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental

by Shiika Okada

Heartbroken, I bought two cans of beer and a bottle of wine and drank it walking home. A tipsy journey reconstructed using the Japanese traditional storytelling method ‘rakugo’ and pop culture.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative