Real

is a 2013 Japanese science fiction drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Takeru Satoh and Haruka Ayase. It is Kurosawa's first feature film since Tokyo Sonata (2008). It is based on Rokuro Inui's novel A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur. It was released in Japan on 1 June 2013. Plot Suffering from writer's block, a manga artist Atsumi (Haruka Ayase) has attempted suicide and is in a coma. Koichi (Takeru Satoh), Atsumi's lover, tries to awaken her. With help from doctors Aihara (Miki Nakatani) and Yonemura (Keisuke Horibe), Koichi enters the mind of Atsumi by using the experimental technology called "sensing". Cast Takeru Satoh as Koichi Fujita Haruka Ayase as Atsumi Kazu Miki Nakatani as Eiko Aihara Joe Odagiri as Sawano Shota Sometani as Shingo Takagi Keisuke Horibe as Yonemura Yutaka Matsushige as Haruhiko Kyōko Koizumi as Makiko Release The film was released in Japan on 1 June 2013. It also screened at the 2013 Locarno Festival, the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and the 2013 New York Film Festival.