Real Girl

Here's a film that gives hope to gamers everywhere. After cleaning the school pool together, Iroha confesses to Hikaru that she likes him, which throws his life into total chaos. It's the stuff of lonely teenage dreams, realized on a modest budget.

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Tsutomu Hanabusa directed Real Girl in 2018. See Tsutomu Hanabusa's full filmography, where to start with Tsutomu Hanabusa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tsutomu Hanabusa.

Real Girl was released in 2018 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.