Mistress Koharu

Akira, a lonely editor in Tokyo, finds companionship in Koharu, a Hungarian-made love doll he keeps in his apartment. Each evening, he talks to her, sharing thoughts and feelings he cannot express to others. But when Koharu suddenly begins to speak and move as if she is alive, Akira’s quiet, controlled world starts to shift. As he becomes entangled with a real woman named Kyoko, the lines between fantasy and reality blur, pulling him into an unsettling spiral he can no longer control.

Mistress Koharu is a haunting, darkly tender exploration of loneliness, obsession, and the human need for connection, told with Tsujihara’s sharp, quiet tension and surreal edge.