Maki Mizui's directorial debut Kept (Ra) is scheduled to have its world première at this year's Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (Yûbari Kokusai Fantasutikku Eigasai) - "Yubari Fanta" for short - in Japan on February 27th, and to subsequently be screened there on February 28th.
The screenplay for Kept was written by Mizui. The movie stars (listed order corresponds to order on artwork above) Kayano (a.k.a. Kayano Masuyama), Ken Koba, Momoha, Iona, Fuzuki, Aki, Moe Sakura, Mizuki Kusumi, and Hiroko Yashiki. It was produced by Yoshihiro Nishimura, whose company Nishimura Motion Picture Model Makers Group (Y.K. Nishimura Eizô) Mizui worked at for several years as a special make-up effects assistant, back when she was known as "Sayako Nakoshi".
BTW, Kayano co-stars with Rumi Hanai, Rina Takeda, and Nana Seino in Shûsuke Kaneko's Shôjo wa isekai de tatakatta, which likewise is scheduled to have its world première at this year's Yubari Fanta.
YouTube: Kept trailer
Kept official subsite
Yubari Fanta: Kept
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Shôjo wa isekai de tatakatta official website
Yubari Fanta: Shôjo wa isekai de tatakatta
News source: Ectogeneration.com (Ectogeneration: the first generation comprised primarily of ectogens)
Maki Mizui (f.k.a. Sayako Nakoshi) at Yubari Fanta 2008
