The Place Where the Sun Sits (2014)

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• Movie: The Place Where the Sun Sits (literal title)
• Romaji: Taiyou no Suwaru Basho
• Japanese: 太陽の坐る場所
• Director: Hitoshi Yazaki
• Writer: Mizuki Tsujimura (novel), Hitoshi Yazaki
• Producer: Masako Tanabe
• Cinematographer: Isao Ishii
• Release Date: October 4, 2014
• Runtime: 102 min.
• Genre: Mystery
• Distributor: Phantom Film
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge.

Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is located 2 hours from Tokyo by train and past reunions were held by different teams for different areas. An upcoming reunion is the first time where everyone will gather again.

Kyoko Takama (Asami Mizukawa) works as an announcer for a local station. Back in her high school days, Kyoko was the queen of the high school. Nowadays, Kyoko Suzuhara (Fumino Kimura) is the person everyone talks about. Kyoko was an ordinary student, but she now works as a popular actress.

For the first time since their graduation, Kyoko Suzuhara appears in front of them.