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Based on a true incident — The life story of the main character Denjo leads from a supposedly ideal life with his wife to an affair and finally to inner satisfaction? A statement against discrimination based on sexuality and a film that inspires the search for identity. At the same time, the film is a reference for a planned web series on the topic of bullying after the coming-out of a young person.

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