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Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?
Institute of Contemporary Arts
A couple cross arms, holding fountain pens
Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? 先生、私の隣に座っていただけませんか?, dir. Takahiro Horie, Japan 2021, 119 min., Japanese with English subtitles, 12A © 2021 Culture Entertainment Co.,Ltd., Happinet Phantom Studios Corporation, Nikkatsu Corporation, C&I Entertainment Inc.


A manga artist deals with her cheating husband by writing a manga about adultery in a psychological game of cat and mouse. Truth and fantasy intertwine in a psychological game between manga artist Sawako (Haru Kuroki) and her husband of five years Toshio (Tasuku Emoto). Toshio is secretly having an affair with Sawako’s editor Chika (Nao). One day, peeping at Sawako’s new manga about adultery, he is mentally trapped by the thought that his wife might have found out his secret. The manga story unfolds to show Sawako having a love affair with a younger driving instructor (Daichi Kaneko). Is this manga a complete fantasy? Toshio trembles with fear and jealousy, and so begins the comical game of cat and mouse.
 
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