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| Directed by | Brent Ryan Green |
| Produced by | Brent Ryan Green Jeff Goldberg |
| Written by | Jeff Goldberg |
| Starring | Anna Ishibashi Ayami Kakiuchi |
| Music by | Aska Matsumiya |
| Cinematography | Thomas Marvel |
| Editing by | Aki Mizutani |
| Distributed by | Toy Gun Films |
| Release date(s) | February 2011 |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | Japan United States |
| Language | Japanese |
Paper Flower is a short narrative film by Toy Gun Films[1] that premiered internationally in Tokyo in February 2011.[2] Following Paper Flower’s international premiere, the short film premiered domestically in the U.S. at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 8, 2011.[3] Paper Flower was directed by Brent Ryan Green,[4][5] written by Jeff Goldberg,[6] and produced by Toy Gun Films Toy Gun Films[7] The film also features Thomas Marvel[8] as the cinematographer and Aska Matsumiya Your Enemies Friends as the musical composer, the film was inspired by a collection of true stories surrounding the issue of Enjo-kōsai援助交際? or compensated dating and materialism that families face throughout Tokyo. Paper Flower focuses on the friendship of two childhood friends, Asuka and Michi are growing up in Tokyo where a casual form of prostitution known as compensated dating has become a disturbing trend. When they each experience heartbreaking losses, they are forced to decide how much of themselves they are willing to give in order to find true love.
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Asuka, played by Anna Ishibashi, and her best childhood friend, Michi, played by Ayami Kakiuchi, are young girls who live in the fast, savvy city of Tokyo, where being fashionable is a not a social cliché, but a social requirement. Although the girl’s are leading two different kinds of lives, they find they must decide how much of themselves they must give up in order to find true love. The movie follows the story of Asuka as she compromises herself in order to get what she thinks she wants, but instead, she finds something entirely different that she never knew she wanted or needed.
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