23- The Other Side

Japan Competition

Destinagency

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Believing that fate can be created, a man who stages encounters for others works as a “Destinagency.”
Once hurt after placing his faith in fate, he finds his heart shaken by what seems to be a chance meeting.
Caught between orchestrated coincidence and genuine emotion, he must confront the possibility of believing once again.

Director
Hiroki Yagi
Time
0:23:55
Country
Japan
Genre
Romance
Year
2025
Cast
KENTO MIURA, MEU NINOMIYA, AKANE SAKANOUE, OSHIRO MAEDA

Awards Nominations

The 13th Hachioji Short Film Festival (JAPAN), Winner of the Actor Award
The 4th Yokohama International Film Festival (JAPAN), Selected for the Showcase Section

Director

Hiroki Yagi

Hiroki Yagi was born in 1995 in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. He spent his childhood in Tennessee, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, and Saitama due to his parents’ job transfers. After graduating from Josai International University in 2018, he began working as a freelance assistant director while creating independent films.

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The film’s main highlight is its unique idea of ‘creating fate’ as a job. It follows a company that arranges chance encounters in the city and explores the question of how much of love is truly by chance and how much is real. At first, it may seem like a comedy, but as the story progresses, the main character experiences a love he cannot plan, and the story gradually turns into a human drama. The moment when a man who usually creates fate is himself swept up by it is one of the key points of the film. The movie also features many scenes of carefully arranged coincidences in the city and a variety of colorful characters. We hope viewers enjoy this slightly magical and romantic world.

Cast

KENTO MIURA, MEU NINOMIYA, AKANE SAKANOUE, OSHIRO MAEDA

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
WITH HARAJUKU HALL2026.06.09 [Tue] 10:50-12:40

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Screening2026.06.11 [Thu] - 2026.06.30 [Tue]

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KODANSHA Ltd.

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T.Y. Limited, Inc.

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The JIKEI COM Group of Colleges

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Partner

Nihonchokuhan Inc.

Event
Partner

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives

Creative Partner

TYO Inc.

Media Partners

J-WAVE

Tokyo Weekender

TOKYO HEADLINE

Media Supporters

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Kinema Junposha., Ltd

ORICON NEWS

Festival Supporter

MORI Building

Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

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