《憧れdoll》是演員みやび首次執導的心理驚悚電影。作品以HSP(Highly Sensitive Person,高敏感族群)傾向為主題,描寫一名感受力強烈、性格敏感的女子,意外成為另一個人扭曲「憧憬」的對象後,逐漸陷入無法預料的危機。
Longing Doll is a psychological thriller marking actress Miyabi’s directorial debut. Centred on the traits associated with HSP (Highly Sensitive Person), the film follows a highly sensitive woman who unexpectedly becomes the object of another person’s distorted admiration, leading her into a situation she never anticipated.
電影內容|中文版本
茜在花店工作,過去一段沒有得到回報的戀情,在她心中留下難以消除的傷痕。為了整理自己的情緒,重新開始生活,她決定把與前男友有關的回憶物品透過二手交易App出售,希望藉此告別過去,重新向前走。就在茜努力整理自己的生活時,一名叫尚美的女子突然來到她工作的花店。兩人很快發現彼此之間存在許多共同點,因此迅速建立起親近的關係。從最初的相識,到逐漸深入交流,茜原本以為自己遇到了一個可以理解自己的朋友。可是,隨著相處時間增加,她開始注意到尚美的一些言行,並逐漸產生疑問。原本自然的交流開始出現不協調的地方,而茜對尚美的感覺,也從親近慢慢轉變成不安。電影的核心設定與HSP有密切關係。HSP,即Highly Sensitive Person,是用來描述感受力強、對周圍環境與情緒刺激較為敏感的人。主人公茜具有這種氣質,因此她對人際關係中的細微變化有著特別敏銳的感受。尚美最初似乎與她有很多共同點,使兩人很快成為朋友;然而,正是這種相似與親近,逐漸成為故事中令人不安的部分。茜開始意識到,尚美對自己的關注可能並不像普通朋友之間的欣賞那麼簡單。她逐漸成為尚美扭曲「憧憬」的對象,而這份看似正面的情感,慢慢演變成一種令人無法預測的關係。電影由演員みやび首次執導,她同時負責劇本、導演及主演,親自飾演主人公茜。みやび本身亦表示自己具有HSP傾向,因此她將自身的部分感受與經驗投射到茜這個角色之中。這讓作品中的敏感、細膩與不安,不只是劇情設定,也成為角色塑造的重要部分。みやび過去曾主演《直到獲得自由的那一天》及《脂肪之塊》等作品,這次則首次站到導演位置,從演員進一步參與故事創作與電影製作。尚美由活躍於獨立電影的秋田ようこ飾演,她曾參演《(Instrumental)》等作品。高中時期的尚美則由穗紫朋子飾演。穗紫朋子曾在清水崇執導的《Minna no Uta》及《那個孩子是誰?》等作品中留下令人印象深刻的演出。兩名演員分別呈現尚美不同人生階段的形象,也為人物背後的關係增加更多謎團。故事最初看起來像是一段因共同點而迅速建立的友情,但隨著茜開始懷疑尚美的行為,兩人的關係逐漸產生變化。茜所感受到的並不是單純的敵意,而是一種更加難以定義的異樣感。這種「被人欣賞」與「被人過度凝視」之間的界線,也成為作品心理驚悚感的重要來源。「憧れ」本身代表憧憬、仰慕與嚮往,通常帶有正面意義。然而當這種感情變得扭曲,對方不再只是欣賞一個人,而是開始將自己的理想投射到對方身上時,關係便可能產生完全不同的結果。《憧れdoll》正是從這個概念出發,將原本看似美好的「憧憬」逐漸轉化成令人不安的心理壓力。花店、二手交易App、舊戀情與新朋友等生活化元素,使故事最初具有相當日常的氣氛。茜只是在努力整理失戀後的生活,並嘗試將過去留在身後。但就在她準備重新開始之際,尚美的出現令她再次陷入一段無法完全理解的關係。這種從普通日常逐漸轉變成心理不安的過程,構成作品的重要特色。茜越想理解尚美,就越發現對方的行為似乎存在某種難以解釋的目的。她開始從細節中感受到不對勁,而這種敏感亦與她自身的HSP氣質產生連結。究竟是茜過於敏感,還是她真的察覺到某種危險?電影透過這種模糊感,使觀眾與主人公一起逐漸失去對眼前關係的確定感。作品曾於2024年夕張國際奇幻電影節獲得Grand Prix大獎,顯示其作為獨立心理驚悚作品所受到的肯定。《憧れdoll》並非單純描寫一段奇怪的友情,而是從「憧憬」與「被憧憬」之間的關係出發,探討當一個人被另一個人過度理想化之後,原本正常的人際距離如何逐漸失去平衡。當茜成為尚美心中的「理想對象」,她是否還能以自己的方式生活,成為故事逐步發展的重要問題。《憧れdoll》最令人不安的地方,也正是這種危機並非一開始便以明顯的恐怖形式出現。它首先是一段看似普通的相遇,然後是迅速建立的親近,再慢慢變成疑惑與不安。當茜終於察覺到尚美的「憧憬」可能已經越過正常界線時,兩人的關係亦已經變得難以回到最初的狀態。
English Version
Longing Doll is a psychological thriller marking actress Miyabi’s debut as a director. The film explores the characteristics associated with HSP, or Highly Sensitive Person, through the story of a woman whose sensitivity makes her especially aware of subtle changes in the people around her. The protagonist, Akane, works at a flower shop. Still trying to recover from an unrequited relationship, she decides to sell items connected to her former boyfriend through a second-hand marketplace app. By getting rid of these reminders of the past, she hopes to put the failed relationship behind her and begin moving forward. Her attempt to start over takes an unexpected turn when a woman named Naomi arrives at the flower shop where she works. The two quickly discover that they share many similarities. They get along almost immediately and gradually become closer. At first, Akane appears to have found someone with whom she can comfortably connect. But as their relationship develops, she begins noticing things about Naomi’s words and behaviour that make her increasingly uneasy. What initially feels like an easy friendship begins to develop an unfamiliar tension. Akane starts questioning whether Naomi’s interest in her is really as ordinary as it first appeared. The film’s central concept is closely connected to HSP. The term Highly Sensitive Person describes people who tend to experience sensory and emotional stimuli more intensely and are often highly aware of subtle changes in their surroundings. Akane has these characteristics, making her particularly sensitive to shifts in interpersonal relationships. Naomi initially seems to share many qualities with her, allowing the two women to form a close bond quickly. Yet that very sense of similarity gradually becomes part of what makes their relationship unsettling. Akane begins to suspect that Naomi’s attention may go beyond ordinary friendship or admiration. She slowly becomes the object of Naomi’s distorted longing—an emotional fixation that initially appears positive but gradually develops into something much more unpredictable. Miyabi directed the film for the first time while also writing the screenplay and playing Akane herself. She has said that she also possesses HSP traits, and she projected aspects of her own sensibility into the character. As a result, Akane’s sensitivity and awareness of subtle emotional changes form an important part of the film’s characterisation. Miyabi previously appeared in films including Until the Day I Gain Freedom and A Lump of Fat. With Longing Doll, she moves beyond acting to take responsibility for directing and screenwriting as well as leading the cast. Naomi is played by Yoko Akita, who has appeared in independent films including (Instrumental). Naomi during her high school years is portrayed by Tomoko Hoshi, who made an impression in films directed by Takashi Shimizu, including Minna no Uta and Who Is That Girl? By showing Naomi at different stages of her life, the film adds another layer of mystery to the character and her relationship with Akane. At first, the story appears to be about two women who become friends because they discover how much they have in common. But as Akane begins to question Naomi’s behaviour, their relationship gradually changes. What Akane senses is not straightforward hostility. Instead, it is a difficult-to-define feeling that something about their relationship is no longer normal. The boundary between being admired and being watched too closely becomes one of the film’s central psychological tensions. The Japanese word “akogare” refers to longing, admiration or an idealised form of aspiration. These feelings are normally positive. But when admiration becomes distorted and one person begins projecting an idealised image onto another, the relationship can take on a very different character. Longing Doll develops its psychological thriller premise from precisely this idea, gradually transforming something that initially sounds beautiful into a source of anxiety. Everyday elements such as the flower shop, the second-hand marketplace app, Akane’s failed relationship and her new friendship give the beginning of the story an ordinary atmosphere. Akane is simply trying to reorganise her life after heartbreak and leave the past behind. Yet just as she attempts to start over, Naomi enters her life and draws her into a relationship that she can no longer completely understand. This transition from ordinary life to psychological unease is one of the film’s defining characteristics. The more Akane tries to understand Naomi, the more she senses that there may be an unexplained purpose behind her behaviour. Small details begin to feel significant, while Akane’s heightened sensitivity makes her increasingly aware of the changes taking place around her. Is Akane simply being overly sensitive, or is she genuinely detecting a threat? The film uses this uncertainty to place the audience alongside its protagonist, gradually weakening the sense that the relationship can be clearly understood. Longing Doll received the Grand Prix at the 2024 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, earning recognition as an independent psychological thriller. Rather than simply portraying a strange friendship, the film examines what happens when one person becomes excessively idealised by another. Once Akane becomes Naomi’s imagined ideal, the normal boundaries between two individuals begin to lose their balance. The question becomes whether Akane can continue to live according to her own identity when another person has begun defining her through an idealised image. One of the film’s most unsettling qualities is that the danger does not initially appear as obvious horror. It begins with an ordinary encounter, develops through rapid familiarity, and then gradually turns into suspicion and unease. By the time Akane realises that Naomi’s admiration may have crossed a normal boundary, their relationship has already changed beyond easy return.
電影簡介|Short Description
花店工作的茜因失戀而努力重新開始生活,卻與突然出現的尚美迅速成為朋友。當她逐漸察覺尚美的行為有些異常,一段看似普通的關係開始變得令人不安。
Akane, a flower-shop worker trying to move on from heartbreak, quickly becomes friends with Naomi. But as Akane begins to notice disturbing details in Naomi’s behaviour, their seemingly ordinary relationship takes an unsettling turn.
電影資料
作品:憧れdoll
英文:Longing Doll
導演:みやび
編劇:みやび
類型:心理驚悚、獨立電影
主演:みやび
獲獎:2024年夕張國際奇幻電影節 Grand Prix
主要演員
みやび —— 茜
秋田ようこ —— 尚美
穗紫朋子 —— 高中時期的尚美
總結
《憧れdoll》從HSP與「憧憬」出發,將一段看似普通的女性友情逐漸轉化成心理驚悚。當欣賞變成過度理想化,當「被喜歡」逐漸變成「被凝視」,茜開始懷疑自己究竟面對的是友情,還是一場無法逃離的扭曲憧憬。
Longing Doll turns an apparently ordinary friendship into psychological suspense through the ideas of HSP and distorted admiration. As being admired gradually becomes being watched and idealised, Akane begins to question whether she has found a friend—or become trapped inside someone else’s obsession.