In 19-year-old Tokyo Visual Arts College student Tomoko Fukai‘s directorial debut, Umeda Yuko no Kokuhaku (Yuko Umeda’s Confession),  she wanted to tell a story that draws from her own experiences and the experiences of her friends to make it as realistic as possible.

In the film, 20-year-old TVA graduate Remi Yakihiro plays Yuko, a young woman who works at a gyūdon (beef bowl) shop by day and a sexy cabaret club by night. Yuko hates to lose and has an unyielding spirit. She believes men are good-for-nothing creatures but that doesn’t keep her from dating them—a lot of them. In fact she even keeps a journal in which she rates each of her conquests accordingly. However, one day she begins obsessing over a specific intellectual-looking man named Yamada (Kikujiro Honda) who’s been coming into her gyūdon shop. And what’s worse, he seems to be immune to her favorite sexy pose.

Here’s the trailer:

“Umeda Yuko no Kokuhaku” will be screened at Tollywood short film theater on October 11th.

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