‘Happyend’ (2024) https://cambridgedaymediafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/04025138/251004v-Happyend.mp4
“Happyend,” the narrative debut from Japanese documentarian Neo Sora (“Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus”), begins with an ominous opening crawl: “The systems that define people are crumbling in Japan. Something big is about to change.” We witness this change through the eyes of a band of high school seniors who spend their nights carousing around Tokyo, sneaking into techno clubs and breaking into the school’s music lab after hours to practice their own beats. One night, as the dawn breaks, the kids notice a forklift parked conspicuously close to the principal’s flashy new sports car, and, well, one thing leads to another. The outraged principal uses this transgres