A presence moves through modern Japan—cutting the air with his stride.
THE MISFIT, the protagonist—performed by Ippei Tanaka—drifts through fractured moments: abstract, raw, and charged with feeling.
He’s deeply Japanese, yet effortlessly stands out.
Masculine, instinct-led. Untamed.
A dreamer. An outsider. A modern-day ronin moving on impulse.
No dialogue—driven by an experimental progressive score.
Spiritual symbols—fire and water—moving in a fierce, flowing dance with rebellion: human contradiction in its raw, powerful harmony.
Tradition stands firm—unyielding, yet cracking under the weight of now.
Amid chaos, camaraderie and love hold a fierce grip— in an emotional sense of infinity.
Cutting through alleyways, rooftops, shrines—
while nature reclaims him.
Dream blurs with reality.
Shot entirely in Japan—“The Misfit” is ride—a visual escape.
Make of it what you will.