

Face to Face(2019)
On the night of graduation, Karen doesn't attend and instead invites her estranged friend Yuri to drive out and see Godzilla, who has barely moved from the Aomori Prefecture. An entry for GEMSTONE's Creators Audition, a collaborative project between Toho Co., Ltd. and AlphaBoat in which Japanese artists and filmmakers competed in a challenge to create new works inspired by the Godzilla series.
Movie: Face to Face
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