NOWHERE GIRL | 東京無国籍少女 (Japan, 2015)
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Nana Seino, Nobuaki Kaneko, Hinako Tanaka, Ayuri Yoshinaga, Kanon Hanakage, Lily, Hirotaro Honda
Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii’s latest live-action film centers on Ai (Nana Seino, Tokyo Tribe’s all-around kicker and piece of smoking hotness), a student at an all-girls arts high school. Her natural creative talent provokes the fury and envy of the adults and classmates alike. Bullying, mockery, and intolerable cruelty ensue: Ai stoically suffers but has nowhere to hide or run to. Her daily life becomes a war, which she slowly loses. But there’s more to the beautiful high-school girl than meets the eye: she has a very specific set of skills—skills that make her a nightmare for bullies.