The Lines That Define Me

Category: Movies •

Genre: Drama •

Rating: 7.6

Director: Norihiro Koizumi,

Writer: Hiromasa Togami (Novel), Sho Kataoka, Norihiro Koizumi,

Cast: Ryusei Yokohama, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosoda, Yuumi Kawai, Yosuke Eguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Yasuko Tomita, Kenichi Yajima, Atom Shukugawa, Inoue Sora,

Language: ja

Country: Japan

Release Date: October 21, 2022

Plot: Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...