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Since Kasumi became old enough to understand things, she didn’t know what love was and she doesn’t have any feelings of romance or attraction. Although she has worries about herself, she has lived at her own pace until she turned 30 years old.
She studied at a music university and she wanted to be professional in music, however, she returns to her hometown and works at a call center.
Due to her sister’s marriage and pregnancy, her mother often adds pressure to her, “Don’t you have a boyfriend?” or “You should try to find a steady boyfriend”.
One day, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting table, she met a man who is also seeking just a friendship.
物⼼ついた頃から「恋愛が何なのかわからないし、いつまで経ってもそんな感情が湧いてこない」⾃分に不安を抱きながらも、マイペースで⽣きてきた蘇畑佳純（そばた・かすみ）は30歳になった。⼤学では⾳楽の道を志すも挫折し、現在は地元に戻りコールセンターで苦情対応に追われる。妹の結婚・妊娠もあり、⺟から頻繁に「恋⼈いないの？」「作る努⼒をしなさい！」とプレッシャーをかけられる毎⽇。ついには無断でお⾒合いをセッティングされる始末。しかし、そのお⾒合いの席で、佳純は結婚よりも友達付き合いを望む男性と出会う…
* Hong Kong International Film Festival 2023 - Fantastic Beats
* Helsinki CineAasia 2023（Finland）
* Nippon Connection 2023(Germany) - Nippon Cinema
Shanghai International Film Festival 2023 - Japan Film Week
グッド・バイ
A 30 years old woman BESSHO coincidently meets her junior TAJIMAGE in the same high school. Having dinner together, TAJIMAGE confesses that he lives away from his family now, they will be back soon, but he has an affair with four women. BESSHO thinks he is the similar situation with an uncompleted novel Good Bye and advises him to say good-bye to his mistresses early.
Then, TAJIMAGE comes up with an idea to break up with his affairs following the method of the novel and asks BESSHO to play a fake wife.
She is such a caring person that she helps him in order for him to terminate his affairs peacefully,…